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Three years aft the 149-year-old Darbar Move contented was formally abolished successful J&K, the signifier has “by and large” been reinstated, The Indian Express has learnt. According to authoritative sources, administrative secretaries and heads of departments person been asked to “ensure their availability” astatine the civilian secretariat successful Jammu from November 11.
The Darbar Move is the bi-annual displacement of the authorities secretariat and different authorities offices from the summertime superior Srinagar to the wintertime superior Jammu. A contented started during the regularisation of Maharaja Ranbir Singh successful 1872, it continued until 2021, erstwhile the UT medication said authorities secretariats would beryllium maintained successful some Jammu and Srinagar.
In an bid dated October 23, Commissioner/Secretary General Administration Department Sanjeev Verma said that for effectual and businesslike behaviour of authoritative concern astatine civilian secretariat, “it is hereby ordered that the Administrative Secretaries and the Union Territory Level Heads of Departments shall guarantee their availability astatine civilian secretariat, Jammu, with effect from November 11”.
But the bid besides said that these officials volition be the civilian secretariat successful Srinagar “as per functional requirement”, i.e. erstwhile needed. It besides asks the estates section to supply accommodation to authorities officers/officials “upon requisition by their administrative departments”.
According to a elder authorities functionary, this was not caller and was a accustomed “public friendly” and “good administrative arrangement” that the UT medication has been doing station June 2021 to “ensure availability of medication astatine the doorsteps of the radical astatine some Jammu and successful Srinagar simultaneously”. He was referring to the 2021 authorities bid abolishing the Darbar Move and establishing secretariats astatine some places.
However, sources pointed retired that adjacent successful April 2024, the authorities had ordered lone the administrative secretaries to determination from Jammu to Srinagar effectual May 1, though requiring them to be the civilian secretariat astatine Jammu “as per the functional requirement”.
Both the ruling NC and its confederation spouse Congress had promised to reinstate the move.
However, what volition not beryllium moving are the carnal bureau files and the employees maintaining them. According to sources, this would not interaction the authorities functioning fixed that authoritative records person already been digitised.
The Darbar Move was archetypal suspended successful 2020, erstwhile the UT medication cited the pandemic. In June 20, 2021, J&K L-G Manoj Sinha announced that the medication had transitioned to e-office, frankincense abolishing the bi-annual secretariat move.
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