Srinagar, Aug 19: There are around 250 employees on the radar of the Jammu and Kashmir Union Territory government for non- performances and anti- National activities, and it is expected that the government will take action once their cases are probed, the media reports said.
They have been terminated under Article 311of the Constitution which allows the government to terminate an employee without conducting an inquiry
“There are clear cut directions from the government to carry out the review of all categories of employees in “letter and spirit” and to ensure that immediate action must be taken against any anti- national and corrupt public servant. There are around 250 employees under the scanner,” sources in the government said.
Sources said that the rules also allow the government to retire a public servant in public interest “whose integrity is doubtful” and those “found to be ineffective” in working.
The Sinha led administration wants its mission to eliminate corruption from public life and government services to be implemented with greater zeal and not to allow any anti- national activities in the Union Territory.
Sources said that the Intelligence agencies were gathering information of such employees allegedly involved in “anti- national” activities.
After collecting the evidence of anti- national activities of such employees, the intelligence agencies will submit it to the government and accordingly the action will be taken,” the sources maintained.
The sources further said that the people who are not performing well and are on the radar of the agencies are working in the J&K government.
Taking a strict stand on the involvement of the government employees for keeping links with terror outfits, the J&K government has so far sacked around 52 officials for keeping in touch with terror outfits in the Union Territory in the last two years.
They were accused of playing an active role in creating and sustaining the ideological narratives for the terror networks in J&K.
The government had clearly asked the intelligence agencies to prepare a list of those employees who are sympathizers of terror outfits or spreading separatism among the students and the local people.
The intelligence agencies in J&K had prepared three categories of such government employees and teachers who were involved in spreading the ideology of the terror organisations.
The government in the past had received several complaints about the employees involved in the anti- National activities and non performing officials.
Accordingly the records of these employees were scrutinized,” sources in the government said.
“There is a clear policy that no anti-national government employee will be tolerated. We are collecting evidence of anti-national activities of such employees from the concerned agencies. We are looking for their anti-India campaign on their social media accounts to take further action,” they revealed.
Sources said that the activities of such anti-national employees were being monitored by the Intelligence agencies.
For future appointments, the J&K government has already made the rules stricter wherein anybody joining the service will be subjected to CID verification which will unravel whether the fresh recruits have links in anti-national and anti-social activities.
After the split of the erstwhile state into two union territories (UTs) last August, the total number of the J&K UT employees is around 4, 50,000.
It is to mention here that the Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) administration had notified new rules under which employees can be dismissed from service if they or their family members are found to be “sympathetic” to people accused under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) and Public Safety Act (PSA).
The J&K government recently invoked Article 311 of the Constitution of India to sack three employees stating that their activities were such which warranted their “dismissal from service”.
These employees were dismissed through three separate GAD orders issued on behalf of the Lieutenant Governor of J&K, citing sub-clause (c) of the proviso to clause (2) of the Article 311 of the Constitution of India.
This sub clause provides that in the interest of the security of the state, it is not expedient to hold inquiry before the removal or dismissal of a civil servant, if the President or Governor, as the case may be, is satisfied.
Prior to these orders also, the J&K government in the past sacked a number of employees invoking Article 311 of the Constitution of India for, what it was officially stated, “the activities prejudicial to the interests of security of the state.”
The government had also terminated the services of two doctors, allegedly involved in the Shopian rape-murder controversy, under the same law.
On July 10, J&K Lt Governor Manoj Sinha ordered the termination of 11 government employees for their alleged involvement in anti-national activities.
Prior to that, on May 20. One of the officials, who was charge-sheeted by the NIA for providing support to the Hizbul militant outfit, was dismissed from service.
Before that, the LG administration also terminated the services of seven government employees, including a Naib tehsildar, an assistant professor and two school teachers after a panel identified them as being involved in ‘anti-national’ activities.
These employees were dismissed under Article 311 of the Constitution under which no inquiry is held and dismissed employees can only approach a high court for relief.
