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'No 12-year delay in regularising 10+2 in-charge lecturers'

  • Arif Rashid By Arif Rashid
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  • 03 Apr 2026

Srinagar, April 02: The Jammu and Kashmir government on Thursday clarified that there has been no undue delay of over 12 years in the regularisation of 10+2 in-charge lecturers, saying the process has been undertaken in a phased and systematic manner to address a large backlog accumulated over the years.

Replying to a question raised by MLA Nazir Ahmad Khan in the Assembly, the Minister in charge of the School Education Department said that the claim regarding prolonged pendency of regularisation despite completion of formalities was “not a fact.”

The minister informed the House that the department had been grappling with a substantial backlog of in-charge and look-after officers awaiting regularisation since 2007, with cases running into several thousand across multiple cadres and disciplines. This, the minister said, made immediate clearance impractical.

The in-charge minister said that the matter was placed before the then State Administrative Council (SAC), which, through Decision No. 166/22/2018 dated December 7, 2018, granted a one-time exemption for regularisation without reference to the Jammu and Kashmir Public Service Commission (JKPSC) or Departmental Promotion Committee (DPC).

Following this decision, the department initiated the regularisation process in phases. The minister highlighted that the process required extensive verification of service records, including Annual Performance Reports (APRs), posting histories, vigilance clearances, and integrity certificates. In many older cases, records were incomplete or scattered, leading to unavoidable delays.

Despite these challenges, the department conducted multiple DPC meetings after resolving legal and procedural issues. A DPC meeting held on July 15, 2019, resulted in the regularisation of 565 Masters/Teachers as Lecturers, while another meeting on August 21, 2021, regularised 1,505 in-charge lecturers.

The minister said that between 2019 and 2023, a significant number of in-charge officers were regularised across various cadres, substantially reducing the long-pending backlog.

The education minister also informed the Assembly that a DPC meeting convened on November 11, 2025, considered the cases of 315 lecturers in the Zoology discipline. However, the committee observed that, given the time elapsed since the one-time exemption was granted, its revalidation by the Council of Ministers would be necessary to proceed further. The department has initiated steps to place the matter before the Council.

Addressing concerns about retirements, the minister clarified that it was incorrect to state that more than 50 per cent of in-charge lecturers had retired as Masters. However, he acknowledged that some officers awaiting regularisation had retired or passed away during the intervening period.

The minister attributed delays primarily to the scale of the backlog, the need for thorough verification processes, and the examination of numerous representations related to seniority and omissions from placement lists.

The minister further noted that the process was significantly impacted by judicial intervention. The High Court, in SWP No. 3186/2019 (Abdul Qayoom Dar vs State & Others), had stayed the filling up of lecturer posts by promotion on October 31, 2019. The case remained sub judice for nearly two years, during which no promotions or regularisations at the lecturer level could be carried out.

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