The government of Jammu and Kashmir today sanctioned adhoc appointment of Sub Judges as District Judges.
According to an order issued in this regard, the sanction has been accorded in terms of rule 20 of the Jammu and Kashmir Higher Judicial Service Rules 2009, as recommended by the J&K High Court.
Those promoted included Abdul Nasir, Surinder Singh, Javid Ahmed Gilani, Mohammad Amin Mir, Ajay Kumar Gupta, Sudhir Kumar Khajuria, Om Prakash Thakur, Gowher Majid Dalai, Javed Alam, Mehraj-ud-Din Sofi, Surjeet Singh Bali, Om Prakash Bhagat, Manjeet Singh Manhas, Naushad Ahmed Khan, Som Lal, Mohammad Ashraf Bhat and Pradeep Kumar.
These ad-hoc appointments shall be subject to certain conditions which inter alia included; the ad-hoc appointments shall be for a period of six months or till the regular selection/appointment is made, whichever would be earlier, the adhoc appointments shall not confer any right to claim seniority or any other superior right to the adhoc appointees viz- a-viz those who may be appointed pursuant to regular selection against direct or LCE quota; and the adhoc appointees shall be reverted to the cadre of Civil Judges (Sr. Division)/Sub-Judges in case they are not found fit for promotion to the post of District Judge after regular selection process or in case sufficient posts are not available for their promotion on regular basis.
