{"id":20720,"date":"2026-05-23T01:47:46","date_gmt":"2026-05-23T01:47:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/?p=20720"},"modified":"2026-05-23T01:47:46","modified_gmt":"2026-05-23T01:47:46","slug":"ifs-induction-stalled-in-jk-for-13-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/2026\/05\/23\/ifs-induction-stalled-in-jk-for-13-years\/","title":{"rendered":"IFS induction stalled in J&K for 13 years"},"content":{"rendered":"

Centre examines proposal for constitution of State Forest Service<\/strong><\/p>\n

Srinagar, May 22: The induction of local officers from Jammu & Kashmir into the prestigious Indian Forest Service (IFS) has been in deep freeze over a staggering 13 years without a single promotion quota appointment.<\/p>\n

Documents reveal that the process has remained paralysed since 2013, tangled in prolonged litigation over the constitution of a valid \u201cState Forest Service.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIn the case of J&K, the induction process has remained stalled since 2013 due to prolonged litigation regarding the constitution of a valid \u2018State Forest Service\u2019,\u201d reads official documents, accessed by news agency\u2014Kashmir News Observer (KNO).<\/p>\n

The recruitment into Indian Forest Service (IFS) is governed by two methods: direct recruitment through Union Public Service Commission exams and induction via promotion quota.<\/p>\n

While 66% of posts are filled via UPSC civil services examination, the remaining 33% are reserved for promotion of eligible officers State Forest Services.<\/p>\n

According to documents, the Union Ministry of Forest Environment and Climate Change has not determined IFS promotion quota vacancies for J&K beyond Select Year 2012, due to the legal and procedural constraints.<\/p>\n

In a ray of hope that the issue could be sorted out, the Division Bench of High Court settled the matter vide judgment dated 21.11.2024.<\/p>\n

After the judgement, the proposal for constitution of State Forest service\u00a0 with the approval of the Competent Authority was forwarded to the Ministry of Environment, Forest & Climate Change (MoEF&CC), Government of India for approval December 11, 2025.<\/p>\n

\u201cUpon approval and notification of the State Forest Service, the process for determination and filling up of promotion quota vacancies in IFS will be initiated,\u201d the documents state.<\/p>\n

The Union Ministry of Forest, Environment and Climate Change examined the matter and found that only J&K Forest (Gazetted) Service (Territorial) is satisfying the recruitment, training and other criteria envisaged in the Ministry notification No.3-17\/99-RT(1) dated 21. 06. 2004.<\/p>\n

\u201cTherefore, the state Government is requested to submit the proposal for consideration of J&K Forest(Gazetted) Service( Territorial) under Rule 2(g) of IFS (Recruitment) Rules, 1996,\u201d reads the letter written to J&K Chief Secretary to MoEF &CC.<\/p>\n

Rule 2(g) of the Indian Forest Service (Recruitment) Rules, 1996 defines what constitutes a \u201cState Forest Service\u201d for the purpose of induction into the IFS under the 33% promotion quota. (KNO)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Centre examines proposal for constitution of State Forest Service Srinagar, May 22: The induction of local officers from Jammu & Kashmir into the prestigious Indian Forest Service (IFS) has been in deep freeze over a staggering 13 years without a single promotion quota appointment. Documents reveal that the process has remained paralysed since 2013, tangled […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":20721,"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-20720","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\/20720","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=20720"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20720\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20722,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20720\/revisions\/20722"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20721"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20720"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20720"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20720"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}