GoIsays ‘no plan’ to setup separate PSC for Ladakh

The Centre today made it clear that it has no plans to establish a separate Public Service Commission (PSC) for the Union Territory of Ladakh and the UPSC will serve the needs of the educated youth of Ladakh .

“There is no plan to establish Ladakh Public Service Commission,” Nityanand Rai, MoS Home said while The Union Minister said that the Section 93(1) of the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Act, 2019 provides that “The Public Service Commission for the existing State of Jammu and Kashmir shall, on and from the appointed day, be the Public Service Commission for the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir” and section 93(2) of the said Act provides that “the Union Public Service Commission, with the approval of the President, shall serve the needs of the Union Territory of Ladakh”.

“Further, para 2(3) of the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation (Removal of the Difficulties) Order, 2019 provides that the Union Public Service Commission shall make recruitments for Group ‘A’ and Group ‘B’ (Gazetted) posts only in respect of the Union Territory of Ladakh,” Rai added.

Pertinently, various groups of Ladakh including student unions have been demanding establishment of a separate PSC for the region after it was granted the status of Union Territory.

The Minister also ruled out the possibility of applying Ladakh Resident Certificate in recruitment for Gazetted posts in UT of Ladakh for the time being responding to a question of Ladakh MP JamyangTsering Namgyal in the Parliament.

“As on date, the provisions of the Ladakh Resident Certificate Order, 2021 are applicable only to the non-Gazetted posts borne on the establishment of any Department or Service of the Administration of Union Territory of Ladakh,” the union minister said.