Govt. To Lower Quota For Local Officers In IAS, IPS In J&K, Ladakh thehindu.com

The Centre has decided to lower the quota from existing 50% to 33% for local officers from state services to IAS, IPS and IFoS in the Union Territories of Jammu and Kashmir, and Ladakh, officials said on Tuesday. The Personnel Ministry has finalised all modalities in this regard and an official order is expected soon, they said. The move followed the nullification of provisions of Article 370 in the erstwhile State of Jammu and Kashmir in August last year, the officials said.

Earlier norms allowed the former state to enjoy 50:50 formula for the three all India services — the Indian Administrative Service (IAS), Indian Police Service (IPS) and Indian Forest Service (IFoS). This means, 50% of the total posts in these services were to be manned by those selected through direct recruitment mode, on the basis of civil services examination conducted by the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC), and the rest 50% posts were to be filled through the promotion of native officers belonging to State services to IAS, IPS and the IFoS, the officials said.