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Amid growing protests from occupation aspirants implicit the property relaxation issue, J&K Chief Minister Omar Abdullah and Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha connected Saturday (December 6, 2025) accused each different for the delay.
Mr. Abdullah wrote a missive to J&K Public Service Commission Chairman Arun Kumar Choudhary to postpone the upcoming civilian services introspection scheduled for December 7.
“I americium penning successful the discourse of the bonzer concern presently confronting the aspirants of J&K Combined Competitive (Preliminary) Examination-2025. The ongoing disruption successful the aerial services has caused wide question chaos crossed the region. This is further compounded by the prevailing uncertainty arising owed to the hold successful the connection regarding property relaxation- an enabling proviso that has been extended aggregate times successful the past,” Mr. Abdullah said, successful the letter.
The J&K Chief Minister said the Commission should instrumentality cognisance of the prevailing circumstances and see postponement by a tenable duration, keeping successful caput the principles of fairness, equity and adjacent accidental for each aspirants.
Hundreds of occupation aspirants who person crossed the property barroom of 32 are incapable to beryllium for the examination. The Open Merit aspirants are protesting to summation the existent precocious property bounds from 32 to 37 to bring it astatine par with the remainder of the country.
In spite of the Chief Minister’s letter, the JKPSC has decided to spell up with the examination. As the Chief Minister’s Secretariat had forwarded the property relaxation connection to the Lok Bhavan connected December 2, L-G Sinha blamed the authorities for the delay.
“The Lok Bhavan was ne'er sent immoderate connection related to postponement oregon restructuring of the introspection schedule. The record received astatine Lok Bhavan connected December 2, 2025, was categorically related lone to the contented of property relaxation. The record was examined and returned connected the aforesaid time with a circumstantial query connected whether it was logistically feasible to behaviour the introspection connected December 7 by incorporating modifications successful eligibility criteria astatine specified a precocious stage,” the Lok Bhavan said, successful a statement.
It said that contempt the lapse of 4 days aft returning the file, the Lok Bhavan did not person immoderate effect connected the logistical feasibility. “It firmly rejects suggestions that delays oregon uncertainty originated from the LG’s office. The L-G afloat sympathises with the concerns of young aspirants, but emphasised that owed process and administrative clarity are essential, peculiarly erstwhile examinations of ample standard are involved,” it added.
Responding to the L-G’s statement, NC person and legislator Tanvir Sadiq said, “There was nary justification for raising caller queries erstwhile the elected authorities had already cleared the file. What had been followed arsenic close signifier for years could not abruptly beryllium questioned now. The Chief Minister had intelligibly stated that the examinations should person been postponed.”
Terming it “unnecessary governmental interference”, Mr. Sadiq said, “Energy was being spent connected creating disorder alternatively than resolving the grievance of aspirants”.
“The party’s basal connected the substance was unambiguous. Age relaxation indispensable beryllium granted, and the examinations indispensable beryllium postponed,” Mr. Sadiq added.
As the Chief Minister’s bureau and the L-G are engaged successful a blasted game, aspirants person deed streets successful Srinagar and Jammu.
“Aspirants are facing affectional breakdowns, panic attacks, and terrible fiscal accent solely due to the fact that nary final, written bid has been issued clarifying property relaxation oregon the behaviour of the examination. This prolonged uncertainty is crushing years of hard work, sacrifice, and hope,” the J&K Students Association (JKSA) said.
On behalf of thousands of aspirants and their families, the JKSA said, “We urgently entreaty to L-G Sinha to contented a swift, final, and written determination and to nonstop JKPSC to defer the introspection by 1 week.”
Opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) person Iltija Mufti criticised the government’s approach. “Enough of this lackadaisical, callous cognition towards JKPSC aspirants. The CM indispensable instantly contented an bid deferring tomorrow’s exams. Given that countless youngsters are stranded successful different states, and astir importantly, it was already assumed property relaxation would beryllium approved owing to NCs verbal guarantees,” Ms. Mufti said.
