Ladakh administration is in the process of framing recruitment rules for gazetted posts. Advisor Ladakh, Umang Narula held a meeting with all Administrative Secretaries at the Civil Secretariat Leh on March 7 and reviewed the progress of work.

The Administrative Secretaries presented the progress of the recruitment rules for gazetted posts in their respective departments. Advisor Narula reviewed and directed that the draft rules should be placed in the public domain for ‘Stakeholders’ comments after obtaining clearance from the General Administration Department (GAD) Ladakh within the next 10 days.

The draft rules will then be further examined based on feedback from the stakeholders before being sent to the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) for approval. Thereafter the gazetted recruitment rules will be notified.

Advisor Narula also reviewed the monitoring of court cases by the Law department. The department is creating a database of all cases filed in various courts of law.

Secretary Law and Justice, Fayaz Ahmed Sheikh informed that regular review meetings with the law officers of all the departments and the ASG/ Legal Counsels are being held.

The Advisor emphasized effective monitoring of court cases and urged the departments to ensure timely submission of replies and filing of counter replies.

The meeting was attended by all Administrative Secretaries; Additional Secretary, Home Department; Deputy Director Planning; OSD to the Advisor, and officials of concerned departments.