Jammu Tawi, Nov 05: Four months after canceling 149-year-old biannual
tradition of shifting capitals between Srinagar and Jammu, the J&K
government on Friday modified General Administration Department (GAD)
order and restored the accommodation for its employees at Jammu.
Pertinently, in June this year, the administration had canceled
residential accommodations of government officials as part of ending
the age-old practice of ‘darbar move’.
However, the government has issued a fresh order in which sanction has
been accorded to partial modification of the order under number
113-Est of 2021 dated 29-06-2021 and restoration of government
accommodation at Jammu.
“Consequent upon the order issued by the General Administration
Department vide Government order No. 1133-JK(GAD) of 2021 dated
25.10.2021, 1156 & 1157-JK(GAD) of 2021 dated 28.10.2021, sanction is
hereby accorded to the partial modification of Government Order No.
113-Est of 2021 dated 29.06.2021 and restoration of government
accommodation at Jammu in favour of all these government employees
which were earlier allotted to them by the Estates Department on
temporary basis for a period of six months or till the services of the
concerned employee is required by the department, whichever is
earlier, on payment of rent/license fee as prescribed under rules,” an
order under number 51-Est of 2021, dated 03-11-2021 reads.
It added that the allottee(s) shall execute the necessary fresh
license deed with the Deputy Director Estates, Jammu in this behalf
and also complete all the formalities as required under rules.
“The allottee(s) shall also furnish an undertaking before the Deputy
Director Estates, Jammu to the effect that neither they nor their
spouse/family member(s) occupied any government residential
accommodation or their own house in Jammu city,” the order said.
“The Deputy Director Estates, Jammu shall handover the possession of
the restored accommodation only after verifying the
genuineness/authenticity of the allottee(s) from the concerned DDO and
furnish a report to the Director Estates within a weeks time
positively,” it added.
