Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Jan 23: Vacation Judge of State High Court, Justice Dhiraj Singh Thakur today stayed the promotion of 63 Incharge Lectures in the Education Department.
The direction was passed in a petition filed by Kanchan Bala and others challenging the Government Order No 28-Edu of 2014 dated January 1, 2014 whereby 63 respondents have been ordered to be placed as Incharge Lecturers in discipline of Environmental Science in their own pay and grade with charge allowance.
In the petition, it has been submitted that out of 63 respondents only 5 are Masters and rest are teachers while as petitioners are all Masters and were otherwise eligible for consideration even for the purpose of incharge arrangement basis.
After hearing Advocates SK Raina, Rajneesh Raina and Rahil Raja for the petitioners, Justice Thakur issued notice and ordered that subject to objections and till next date before the bench operation of order dated January 4, 2014 shall remain stayed.
“However, nothing would prevent the State respondents from considering petitioners along with all other suitable candidates who are in the grade of Masters for placement of Incharge Lecturers in accordance with rules”, the court directed.
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