Chief Secretary, UT Ladakh, Ashish Kundra chaired a review meeting on the creation of posts for the newly created districts, framing of Recruitment Rules (RRs) for junior-scale posts of 15 departments/services, and ad-hoc promotions at the VC Hall, Ground Floor, UT Secretariat.

At the outset, Administrative Secretary, General Administration Department (GAD), Rudra Pratap Goud, made a detailed presentation on the posts proposed for the new districts, the proposal submitted to the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) along with the model district framework, and the status of draft Recruitment Rules and promotions, department-, cadre- and post-wise.

The Chief Secretary directed that due focus be given to strengthening the cadre in core administrative departments and essential services, including Revenue, Health, Engineering, Disaster Management and Police. He reviewed the post requirements of each department in detail and emphasised systematic and proper rationalisation of posts.

The Chief Secretary also reviewed the status of Departmental Promotion Committees (DPCs) and legacy issues pertaining to the Education, PWD and Power departments.

The meeting was attended by Commissioner/Secretary, Revenue, PHE & IFC and Divisional Commissioner, Shurbir Singh; Commissioner/Secretary, Finance, S. Rajesh; Commissioner/Secretary, Finance, Tsewang Tharchin; Additional Principal Chief Conservator of Forests (APCCF); Administrative Secretary, Planning, PD&MD, Himanshu Gupta; Administrative Secretary, PWD, Baseer-ul-Haq Chaudhary; Administrative Secretary, Higher Education, Bhanu Prabha; Administrative Secretary, Food & Civil Supplies, Rahul Sharma; Secretary, RDD, Nidhi Malik; Secretary, Transport, Gopi Krishna Arava; Secretary, GAD, Rudra Pratap Goud; Deputy Commissioners; Director Health, Dr Tashi Thinless; Joint Directors and Under Secretaries, among others.