Wednesday, December 20, 2017

938 cases pending against SSB in J&K HC: RTI

United News of India: Jammu: Wednesday, December 20, 2017.
More than 938 cases are pending against the Service Selection Board in the Jammu and Kashmir High Court, revealed an RTI query.
"Information received through an application under Right to Information Act reveals that there are over 950 cases pending in Srinagar and Jammu bench of Jammu and Kashmir High Court and Supreme Court of India involving Jammu and Kashmir Services Selection Board including 12 special leave petitions filed by the board itself before the Superior Courts," Raman Sharma, the RTI activist said here on Tuesday.
He said that the Jammu and Kashmir Services Selection Board have unfortunately entangled itself more in legal battles than to concentrate on developing a fair mechanism of recruitment.
"Against the application moved to the RTI wing, it was replied that as on date there are 938 cases pending against the board in the Srinagar and Jammu bench of the J & K High Court," said Mr Sharma adding that two cases are also pending against the recruitment panel in the Supreme Court of India.
The board itself has also filed 12 Special leave petitions in the High Court and Supreme Court, he said.