Jammu and Kashmir Civil Services Decentralization and Recruitment Act, 2010

No: 16 Dated: May, 10 2010

THE JAMMU AND KASHMIR CIVIL SERVICES DECENTRALIZATION AND RECRUITMENT ACT, 2010

(Act No. XVI of 2010)

    An Act to provide for equitable opportunities of employment in the Civil Services in the State keeping in view its complex socio-economical and geographical/topographical/ linguistic/security concerns and matters connected therewith and incidental thereto.

    Be it enacted by the Jammu and Kashmir State Legislature in the Sixtieth Year of the Republic of India as follows: -

1. Short title, extent and commencement. - (1) This Act may be called the Jammu and Kashmir Civil Services Decentralization and Recruitment Act, 2010.

(2) It extends to the whole of the State of Jammu and Kashmir.

(3) It shall come into force from the date 1. Published in Govt. Gazette dated 10.5.2010.of its publication in Government Gazette.

2. Definitions. - In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires, -

(a) "Act" means the Jammu and Kashmir Civil Services Decentralisation and Recruitment Act, 2010;

(b) "District Cadre" means the cadre of a department in a district comprising all the posts whether executive, ministerial, technical or manipulative the basic pay of which does not exceed the basic pay for the post of Senior Assistant but does not include the posts falling under the Divisional or State Cadre;

(c) "Divisional Cadre" means the cadre of a department in a Division comprising the following posts: -

(i) all non-gazetted posts the basic pay of which exceeds the basic pay for the post of Senior Assistant but does not exceed the basic pay for the post of Sectional Officer and does not include the posts falling under the State Cadre;

(ii) such gazetted posts or services as the Government may from time to time notify in this behalf;

(d) "Government" means the Government of the State of Jammu and Kashmir;

(e) "State Cadre" means -

(i) the sanctioned strength of all gazetted and non-gazetted posts borne, on the establishment of the headquarter offices of all the departments having jurisdiction over the whole State, but does not include the posts borne on the Divisional and District Cadre; and

(ii) all the gazetted posts borne on the establishment of any department or service of the State except such gazetted posts as may be notified by the Government under sub-clause (ii) of clause (c);

(f) words and expressions used but not defined in this Act and defined in the Jammu and Kashmir Civil Services Regulations or the Jammu and Kashmir Civil Services (Classification, Control and Appeal) Rules, 1956 shall have the meanings respectively assigned to them in such general regulations/rules.