Jammu And Kashmir Drops Advertisement On Jobs For Outsiders

Jammu and Kashmir High Court on Tuesday withdrew an advertisement inviting outsiders to apply for judicial jobs, the first that was issued since the August 5 decision to scrap the former state’s special status. “The advertisement… whereby applications were invited for different posts in a non-gazette category in the High Court of Jammu and Kashmir stands withdrawn with immediate effect,” an order issued by high court registrar-general Sanjay Dhar says.

The order gave no reason for the withdrawal. The Hindu-majority districts of Jammu, which had supported the abrogation of special status, have been protesting vociferously against the advertisement. The high court had on December 26 invited applications from all over the country to fill 33 vacancies in the district courts of the newly created Union Territories of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh. The last date for submission of applications was January 31.