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Amid a enactment implicit the hold successful clearing a record related to property relaxation for the Combined Competitive Examination (CCE) scheduled for December 7, Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha connected Saturday (December 6, 2025) said the record was returned the aforesaid time it was received connected December 2 with a query, but determination was nary effect from the government.
Mr. Sinha said that the query was directed to the J&K Public Service Commission (JKPSC) to find if it was logistically feasible to behaviour the CCE, primitively scheduled for December 7, aft altering eligibility norms astatine specified a precocious stage.
“Social media posts with respect to the JKPSC exam are misleading. Lok Bhavan had received the record connected December 2, which was categorically related to property relaxation only. File was returned the aforesaid day, Dec 2, with a query whether it is logistically imaginable to behaviour the exam connected December 7, by incorporating modifications successful eligibility criteria astatine specified a belated stage,” the bureau of the lieutenant politician said successful a station connected X.
Mr. Sinha noted that contempt the lapse of 4 days, Lok Bhavan did not person immoderate response. “I afloat sympathise with young aspirants,” helium said.
The station said the advertisement announcement for the introspection was published by the JKPSC connected August 22. The exam was scheduled to beryllium conducted connected December 7 done a announcement connected November 6.
Earlier successful the day, Chief Minister Omar Abdullah urged the JKPSC to see postponing the CCE successful presumption of “uncertainty” resulting from Lok Bhavan’s “delay” successful approving property relaxation for the aspirants.
“The Chief Minister expressed heavy interest implicit the question chaos caused by the ongoing hose issues, compounded by the uncertainty resulting from Lok Bhavan’s hold successful approving property relaxation, a proviso granted aggregate times successful the past,” the Chief Minister’s Office said successful a station connected X.
Mr. Abdullah urged the JKPSC to see the “unprecedented stress” connected aspirants and postpone the exam to guarantee fairness and adjacent accidental for all.
The Chief Minister’s advisor, Nasir Aslam Wani, besides suggested that the introspection should beryllium delayed until the contented of property relaxation, presently pending the lieutenant governor’s approval, is addressed.
“The elected authorities is successful favour of relaxing the precocious property bounds for recruitment, and we person sent the record to the Lok Bhawan successful this regard. Till the process is completed, the JKPSC should defer the examination,” Mr. Wani told PTI.
He informed that the Abdullah authorities sent the property relaxation record to the lieutenant politician earlier this week.
“The record has been returned to the General Administration Department with immoderate queries. The GAD has forwarded it to the Public Service Commission for its sentiment connected the matter,” Mr. Wani said.
Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) main Mehbooba Mufti has urged some the lieutenant politician and the Chief Minister to resoluteness the contented promptly.
“Aspirants of the JKPSC CCE are caught successful a tussle betwixt the LG and the CM. In this freezing cold, they are retired connected the streets asking for thing much than basal fairness -age relaxation and a tenable exam schedule. I impulse @OfficeOfLGJandK and @OmarAbdullah to measurement successful and resoluteness this contented without immoderate further delay,” Ms. Mufti said connected X.
Senior CPI(M) person and MLA from Kulgam, M.Y. Tarigami, voiced concerns astir conducting the trial connected Sunday (December 7) portion a important determination connected property relaxation is inactive pending, placing aspirants astatine a “clear disadvantage.”
“The connection to heighten the precocious property bounds for JKAS aspirants has been forwarded to Raj Bhavan (Lok Bhavan) for approval, adjacent arsenic the introspection is scheduled to commence tomorrow. Conducting the trial portion specified a important determination is inactive pending places aspirants astatine a wide disadvantage,” Mr. Tarigami said successful a station connected X.
Referring to the formation disruptions, helium noted that galore candidates travelling from extracurricular Jammu and Kashmir are stranded owed to formation cancellations.
“The introspection indispensable beryllium deferred until the support process is duly concluded,” helium added.
