J&K Admin Warns Migrant Staff To Get Back On Duty Or Face Consequences, Employees Call It ‘Insensitive’

Srinagar: The employees who had left the Valley feeling unsafe after a Sikh school principal and Kashmiri Hindu teacher were killed last week by militants, said the administration was being “insensitive.”

Jammu and Kashmir administration is calling workers back on duty and if they do not show up action will be taken as per service rules.

The Kashmir administration has directed Deputy Commissioners of all 10 districts to ensure that migrant employees need not leave the Valley and that “whosoever will be absent shall be dealt as per Service Rules.”

The Deputy Commissioners said that they are waiting for an official government order before taking any action.

Following the killing of  a Sikh school principal and Kashmiri Hindu teacher by militants last week, several employees feeling unsafe left the Valley, saying the administration was being “insensitive.”

Even those who have returned to Jammu remain cautious about getting back to work. A government employee, who had returned to Srinagar in 2015 with a job in the J&K Education Department under the Prime Minister’s package and returned to Jammu last week, said most of them are teachers and are conducting online classes for students.

“Employees came to Jammu fearing threat to their lives. Instead of allaying their fears, assuring security, and making necessary arrangements, the administration threatens them with action as per Service Rules,” an employee who returned to Valley in 2015 was quoted as saying.

Another employee, who got a job under the Prime Minister’s package, said he had no idea how employees, living in rented accommodations in parts of South Kashmir, will be provided security. (Agencies)