29 Senior Prosecuting Officers Given Charge Of CPOs In J&K

JAMMU, May 31: The Jammu and Kashmir Home Department has placed 29 Senior Prosecuting Officers as Incharge Chief Prosecuting Officers in the Prosecution Department for a period of six months or till the posts are filled on a regular basis through DPC/PSC recommendations, whichever is earlier .

The order was issued following a recommendation from the Directorate General of Prosecution.

Among the officers placed as Incharge Chief Prosecuting Officers are Bashir Ahmad Bhat, Yogesh Bamba, Rajesh Kumar Khajuria, Reyaz Ahmad Bhat, Puja Nijhon, Rohini Manhas, Anil Saini, Jaipal Singh, Mohammad Wajhat Jamil, Mansoor Ahmad, Arvind Rathore, Riyaz Ahmad, Vikram Singh Parihar, Shahid Mustafa, Nawang Nurbu, Mansoor Ahmad Khan, Rajeev Thappa, Raj Kumar-I, Anoop Kumar, Joginder Lal, Ashwani Kumar, Riyaz Ahmad (ST), Sunil Kumar, Tsering Phuntsog, Sarfaraz Ahmad, Raj Kumar-II, Mohammad Syed, Mohd Ajmal and Mohammad Shafi Baba.

The government clarified that the arrangements have been made purely in the interest of administration on a stop-gap basis and shall not confer any preferential right upon the officers for regular promotion.

The order further states that promotions to the posts shall be made strictly in accordance with the Jammu and Kashmir Prosecution Service Recruitment Rules, 2020.

It also noted that the placements will remain subject to the outcome of any writ petitions pending before courts or tribunals of competent jurisdiction.

The order was issued by Principal Secretary to the Government, Chandraker Bharti, on behalf of the Lieutenant Governor of Jammu and Kashmir.