{"id":15277,"date":"2026-03-23T20:18:09","date_gmt":"2026-03-23T20:18:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/?p=15277"},"modified":"2026-03-23T20:25:54","modified_gmt":"2026-03-23T20:25:54","slug":"438-appointment-letters-given-to-noks-of-terror-victims-lg-sinha","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/2026\/03\/23\/438-appointment-letters-given-to-noks-of-terror-victims-lg-sinha\/","title":{"rendered":"438 appointment letters given to NOKs of terror victims: LG Sinha"},"content":{"rendered":"

Says compassionate appointment policy relaxed, will cover families of govt employees who died due to natural causes<\/strong><\/p>\n

Jammu, Mar 23: Asserting that family members of 438 terror victims have been given job letters since 2025, Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Monday said that J&K\u2019s compassionate appointment policy has been relaxed to also cover families of government employees who died due to natural causes.<\/p>\n

Talking to the reporters after handing over the appointment letters to Next of Kins (NOKs) of terror victims and other beneficiaries here, LG Sinha, according to the news agency\u2014Kashmir News Observer (KNO) said, \u201cAs many as 438 appointment letters have already been issued to NoKs of terror victims under the government’s support measures.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI am aware of the pain of terror victims and the administration is making efforts to reach out to NOKs of such families,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

LG Sinha said Deputy Commissioners and Senior Superintendents of Police have been directed to expedite pending cases by forwarding them to the General Administration Department (GAD) at the earliest, while ensuring that each case undergoes proper verification.<\/p>\n

\u201cEvery application is processed only after thorough verification and approval. We have to ensure that no ineligible person benefits from the scheme,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Highlighting the key policy shift, he said that families of government employees who died natural deaths, earlier not covered under the norms, are now being included under the compassionate appointment framework after relaxation in rules.<\/p>\n

He described the initiative as an effort to provide relief to grieving families and “heal their wounds.” (KNO)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Says compassionate appointment policy relaxed, will cover families of govt employees who died due to natural causes Jammu, Mar 23: Asserting that family members of 438 terror victims have been given job letters since 2025, Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Monday said that J&K\u2019s compassionate appointment policy has been relaxed to also cover families of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":15281,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"jnews_override_counter":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,32],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15277","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-top-news","category-kt-front"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15277","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15277"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15277\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15279,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15277\/revisions\/15279"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15281"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15277"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15277"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15277"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}