38 officers to get Time Scale of KAS

JAMMU, Sept 4 : The State Cabinet will accord approval to the appointment of 38 officers of feeding services to the Time Scale of Jammu and Kashmir Administrative Service (KAS) and release of grade of Time Scale of KAS in favour of four officers.
Official sources told EXCELSIOR that General Administration Department would place a proposal before the Cabinet in this regard in terms of Jammu and Kashmir Administrative Service (KAS) Rules.
The officers being appointed to the Time Scale of KAS are Ved Prakash (CAPD), Basharat Hussain and Natasha Kalsotra (Employment), Rifat Aftab Qureshi, Rajneesh Gupta, Ghulam Jeelani Zargar, Susheel Kumar, Farooq Ahmad Baba, Gurmukh Singh, Rimpy Ohri, Bal Krishan, Arun Kishore Kotwal, Bansi Lal and Nasasdar Hussain (Excise and Taxation), Soheel Noor Singh, Surjeet Singh, Krishan Lal, Shafiq Ahmed and Vir Krishan Dhar (Handloom), Kusum Sharma and Pardeep Singh (Handicrafts), Fayaz Ahmad Banday, Ranjit Singh, Munib-ul-Hassan Malik, Prema Raina, Devinder Singh Katoch, Vinod Kumar (Industries and Commerce Department), Nazir Ahmad Mir and Parvez Sahad Ganai (Information), Jugal Kishore Anand, Mohammad Latief, Sandish Kumar and Rasheeda Shahin (Labour), R S Jamwal and Asma Hamid (Stationery and Office Supplies) and Mushtaq Ahmad Wani, Faqir Chand Dansalia and Abdul Majid Zargar.
The release of grade of Time Scale of KAS has been recommended in the favour of Mohammad Maqbool Tantray, Tsering Wangchuk, Munir Hussain and Khurshid Ahmad Gangoo.
Sources said that Cabinet would also accord approval to the creation of staff for the Katra Development Authority and enhancement of ceiling in respect of socially and educationally backward classes for availing reservation.