J&K Govt approves 495 posts for Ladakh Division

J&K Govt approves 495 posts for Ladakh division

Distributes  key slots equally between Leh, Kargil Paving way for making newly carved out Ladakh divi­sion fully functional, the Jammu  and Kashmir Gov­ernment on Wednesday approved creation of staff for it with equal distribu­tion of key slots between Leh and Kargil districts.

Addressing a news conference here, the gov­ernment spokesman and Principal Secretary Plan­ning Development and Monitoring Department, Rohit Kansal, announced that State Administrative Council, which met here today under the chairman­ship of the J&K Governor, approved the creation of 495 posts of various cate­gories in different depart­ments to make the newly established division fully functional. "This is impor­tant and historic decision taken by the SAC," he said while giving details about creation of manpower for Ladakh division.

Kansal, who was flanked by senior bureau­crats Manoj Dwivedi and Rigzin Samphel, said, "As many as 24 posts of divi­sional level officers have been created, of whom 12 each will be headquartered in Leh and Kargil districts. With this historic deci­sion, we will have Divi­sional Commissioner and Inspector General of Police  and as many as 24 division­al-level officers, including Directors and Head of Departments  in the newly created division."

He said the SAC has  approved creation of 12 Directors, four Chief Engineers, four Joint Directors, Chief Conservator of forests, Regional Wildlife Officer and 470 posts of supporting staff for these officers.