172 CIC Operators working in Rural Development Department,
UT of (J&K) on contractual basis since 2004 on a peanut amount of Rs
10 K per month i.e (Rs 333/= per day), and constrains them to live a
miserable life. As per the documents accessible, appointments of the
CIC Operators have been made by open competition after proper
advertisement in leading newspapers of Jammu & Kashmir and calling
applications from the eligible candidates in the year 2003-04, then their
recruitment have been made on merit basis through proper
recruitment procedure through District Level Appointment Committee
constituted by the Government of J&K headed by Deputy
Commissioner’s of concerned District in the year 2003-04.
It is worth to mention that all the CIC Operators are well
qualified having MCA, M Tech, MSc.IT, B.E & B.Tech Degrees and are
technically very sound. They are handling efficiently all the online
work of departmental portals viz E-gram-swaraj, SBM, PMAY,Peoples
Plan Campaign (Sabki Yojna Sabka Vikaas), GPDP, Mission Antyodaya
, PFMS etc and other e-Governance related activities. Besides all other
office assignments viz-a-viz elections, Establishment, Accounts, works
etc. at Block/ District /Directorate /Secretariat level.
The Jammu & Kashmir Government in the year 2014 passed a
Cabinet order to formulate a proposal for the regularizations of 172
CIC Operators in the Rural Development Department J&K and 172 Data
entry operators have been created for regularization of services of 172
CIC Operators vide Govt. Order No. 320-RD & PR of 2016
dated14.12.2016. Subsequently in the year 2017, the high level
Empowered Committee of J&K Government vide its 58thMeeting dated
22.03.2017 & 60th Meeting dated 12-10-2017 headed by Principal
Secretary, Finance Department J&K cleared their cases for
regularization under Special Provision Act 2010. The
recommendations have also been communicated to the Department of
Rural Development & PR by the Finance Department of J&K for issuing regularization orders as Data Entry Operators vide vide O.M
No. PS/DC/Misc-353/14 dated 22-05-2017, O.M. No. PS/SC/Misc-374/14
dated 24-01-2018 and O.M No.PS/DC/Misc-353/14 dated 01-06-2014.
In spite of the concurrence from Finance Department of J&K`
twice, Department of Law, Justice and Parliamentary affairs and
Advocate General of J&K also given their legal opinion for
regularization of these 172 CIC Operators.
While talking to the President of CIC Operators Association Mr.
Nayeem Siddique , he stated that we have provided our 17 years prime
/ precious service for the betterment of Rural Development Department
and despite completion of all codal formalities, still Administration of
UT of Jammu & Kashmir inordinately delaying for issuance of our
formal orders by playing drakes and ducks and he seeks personal
intervention of Hon’ble Lieutenant Governor of Jammu & Kashmir in
the matter on merit basis and provide justice to 172 families as early as possible
