JAC seeks political help to oppose recruitment through JKPSC, JKSSB
Joint Action Committee, JAC, which is formed against the Jammu and Kashmir Public Universities Bill 2022, comprising the members of four Universities viz Jammu University, Kashmir University, SKUAST Jammu and SKUAST Kashmir knocked the door of politicians and even has sought appointment to meet LG Manoj Sinha.
Official sources said that the Joint Action Committee members spearheading their agitation against the bill met with the National Conference Patron Dr. Farooq Abdullah, BJP stalwart Davinder Rana, Dogra Swabhiman Sangathan president Choudhary Lal Singh and impressed upon them to highlight the issue as the bill has many flaws and even violated the Universities’ acts. They said that some members of the Joint Action Committee also went to the Raj Bhawan to seek appointment to meet LG Manoj Sinha.
Pertinent to mention here that four Universities have up their arms against the Jammu and Kashmir Government’s move which has proposed the appointments through JKSSB and JKPSC and formed a Joint Action Committee which has professors, non teaching and clerical staff. Prominent among them include JUTA President Professor Pankaj Shrivastav, Professor Ravinder Singh, Professor Manoj Bhat, Rakesh Chib, Yudhvir and Professor Vikas Sharma, Jameer Hul Haq and Amitesh Sharma from SKUAST Jammu and SKUAST Kashmir.
“ We are against the Jammu and Kashmir Public Universities (JKPU) Bill 2022 as it is a controversial one and is effecting the autonomy and act of the respective Universities. Moreover, it has bureaucratic interference, hence should be removed”, JUTA President Professor Pankaj Shrivastav had said.
As per JKPU Bill 2022,the appointment to any post in all universities would be filled up by the Public Service Commission (JKPSC) and Service Selection Recruitment Board (SSRB). Before the formulation of Jammu and Kashmir Public Universities Bill 2022, the appointment was being done at the university level.
