J&K: Govt to transfer Non-Gazetted Health employees

Srinagar: The Jammu and Kashmir government has taken a decision to transfer all the non-gazetted employees of its health department who have completed five years at a particular place followed by employees who have served for more than two years at a specific place.

As per a media in the North Lines, the Health and Medical Education Department gave the information to the directors of the department of both divisions about the authorization of the administrative department under certain manners.

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The order to Directorates of Health Services Jammu and Srinagar states, "I am directed to refer to your letter Nos. DHS-3/Adm/18786 dated 30.03.2022 & DHSK/Adm/476 dated 28.01.2022, regarding the subject cited above and to convey authorization of the Administrative Department for effecting the transfers of non-gazetted staff of your respective Directorates/subordinate offices as per the following manners."

It read, "In the first phase, the transfers of the staff who have completed five years of service at one place and thereafter the staff who have completed more than two years."

Further, as per the North Lines report, the order observed, "All the transfers shall be effected strictly as per the calendar for transfer, prescribed in the transfer policy notified vide Government Order No. 948-JK(GAD) of 2020 dated 15.10.2020."

The Medical Dialogues team had earlier reported a similar incident where the principal of the Government Medical College and Hospital of Jammu and Kashmir, Dr. Naseeb Chand Digra has recently been transferred as the new Secretary (technical) in the Health and Medical Education Department by the state government.Dr. Shashi Sudan, the Head of the Microbiology Department will be handling the responsibility of the principal of GMCH in addition to his own duties.