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J-K Panel For Grievances Against Reservation Policy To Submit Its Report In 6 Months: CM Omar Abdullah

The J&K Cabinet sub-committee on reservation grievances has been given six months to submit its report, Chief Minister Omar Abdullah said after meeting with job aspirants.

Srinagar, Mar 15 (PTI) The Jammu and Kashmir Cabinet sub-committee formed last year to look into grievances against the current reservation policy in the Union Territory will submit its report in six months, Chief Minister Omar Abdullah said on Saturday.

The decision came after Abdullah met a "concerned group of job aspirants".

Abdullah said in a post on X, "The Cabinet sub-committee constituted to examine the complicated issue of reservations in recruitment has been given a six-month timeline to complete their report. This timeline was set by me after I met with a concerned group of job aspirants." "This timeline, however, was not in the initial order setting up the sub-committee. That oversight will be corrected but, rest-assured, the committee is working to complete its task in the set timeframe," he added.

Reservation has become a major issue in Jammu and Kashmir following the Centre's decision to add more communities to the reserved category and expand quotas in the Union Territory during the past five years.

There are increasing objections to the Centre's move to push reservation to 70 per cent in Jammu and Kashmir.

Earlier in the day, the Jammu and Kashmir government informed the assembly that no deadline had been set for the three-member sub-committee to submit its report.

Social Welfare Minister Sakeena Itoo shared the information in a written response to a starred question by People's Conference MLA Sajad Gani Lone, who had asked if a six-month deadline had been granted to the panel to review the existing policy. 

(This report has been published as part of the auto-generated syndicate wire feed. Apart from the headline, no editing has been done in the copy by ABP Live.)

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