{"id":31305,"date":"2026-09-26T02:43:38","date_gmt":"2026-09-26T02:43:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/?p=31305"},"modified":"2026-09-26T02:43:38","modified_gmt":"2026-09-26T02:43:38","slug":"50-representation-for-open-merit-examined-by-csc-govt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/2026\/09\/26\/50-representation-for-open-merit-examined-by-csc-govt\/","title":{"rendered":"50% representation for open merit examined by CSC: Govt"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u2018Recommendations approved by Council of Ministers, forwarded to competent authority\u2019<\/strong><\/p>\n

Srinagar, Sep 25: The Jammu and Kashmir government has said that the issue of ensuring 50 percent representation for Open Merit candidates in recruitment and admissions has been examined by a Cabinet Sub-Committee, whose recommendations have been approved by the Council of Ministers and forwarded to the competent authority for consideration.<\/p>\n

The government, as reported by the news agency\u2014Kashmir News Observer (KNO), stated this in response to an un-starred question raised by MLA Shabir Ahmad Kullay (Shopian), who sought to know whether the issue of reservation of Open Merit candidates in recruitment in the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir had been repeatedly raised in earlier Assembly sessions.<\/p>\n

In its reply, the government said, \u201cYes, Sir.\u201d<\/p>\n

On whether the government had examined the proposal for ensuring 50 percent representation for Open Merit candidates in accordance with applicable constitutional and judicial provisions, the government said that a Cabinet Sub-Committee was constituted vide Government Order No. 2061-JK (GAD) of 2024 dated December 10, 2024.<\/p>\n

The committee examined the existing reservation structure in detail and submitted its report\/recommendations to the Council of Ministers, the government said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Council of Ministers approved the recommendations and forwarded the matter to the competent authority for consideration,\u201d it said.<\/p>\n

Regarding whether the proposal was placed before the Lieutenant Governor for consideration and approval, the government said the position was \u201csame as above\u201d.<\/p>\n

On measures being taken to ensure a fair and equitable balance between reserved and Open Merit categories in recruitment and admissions, the government said appropriate measures were being taken.<\/p>\n

It said the Cabinet Sub-Committee was constituted to address grievances raised by different stakeholders and rationalise reservation quotas across all categories.<\/p>\n

The government reiterated that the committee, constituted under Government Order No. 2061-JK (GAD) of 2024 dated December 10, 2024, examined the existing reservation structure in detail and submitted its report\/recommendations to the Council of Ministers.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe recommendations thereafter stand submitted to the Competent Authority,\u201d the government said. (KNO)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u2018Recommendations approved by Council of Ministers, forwarded to competent authority\u2019 Srinagar, Sep 25: The Jammu and Kashmir government has said that the issue of ensuring 50 percent representation for Open Merit candidates in recruitment and admissions has been examined by a Cabinet Sub-Committee, whose recommendations have been approved by the Council of Ministers and forwarded […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"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-31305","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-top-news","category-kt-front"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31305","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=31305"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31305\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31306,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31305\/revisions\/31306"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31305"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31305"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31305"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}