'Urdu Language Row': JKSSB Defers NT Recruitment

2025-07-15 03:11:56

(MENAFN- Kashmir Observer) Srinagar- The Jammu and Kashmir Services Selection Board (JKSSB) has deferred the recruitment process for the posts of Naib Tehsildar in the Revenue Department, in compliance with an interim order issued by the Hon'ble Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT), Jammu.

The JKSSB stated that the invitation process for these posts is“hereby deferred till further intimation/orders.” The decision was officially conveyed through a notice issued by JKSSB.

The online application process started on June 16, 2025, and the last date for submission of applications was July 15, 2025.

On Monday, The Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT), Jammu, had stayed Urdu language compulsion and ordered Jammu and Kashmir Services Selection Board (JKSSB) to accept applications for the post of naib tehsildar from candidates who have graduation with knowledge of any of the five official languages enumerated in the Jammu and Kashmir Official Languages Act, 2020, which includes Hindi, Kashmiri, English, Dogri and Urdu

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