Excelsior Correspondent
SRINAGAR, July 28: Chief Minister, Mufti Mohammad Sayeed administered the oath to Abdul Latief Deva as chairman of J&K Public Service Commission (PSC) at the Civil Secretariat, here today.
Deputy Chief Minister, Dr. Nirmal Singh, Chief Secretary, Iqbal Khandey, Principal Secretary to Chief Minister, B B Vyas and Secretary, GAD, Gazzanfar Hussain, were present at a low-key affair, in view of the sad demise of former President of India and Bharat Ratna, Dr A P J Abdul Kalam, yesterday.
After the oath-taking function, the Chief Minister expressed hope and optimism that the newly-constituted PSC will fast-track process of recruitment so that vacancies which have piled up are filled in a time-bound manner, thus bringing succour to the aspiring candidates.
After taking over reins of power, the present Government had initiated process for filling up vacancies in J&K PSC, which had become defunct last year. When S L Bhat retired as Chairman of the Constitutional body in September 2014, the process of recruitment had come to a grinding halt with over 2800 posts remaining unfilled by getting stuck at various levels in the Commission.
It is expected that a full-strength PSC will speed up the process of filling up of vacancies presently lying with the Commission in a time-bound manner.
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