Jammu, Apr 09: In connection with the biannual move of government offices in Jammu and Kashmir, the civil secretariat and other departments will close in Jammu on April 25 and reopen in the summer capital Srinagar on May 5. Officials and records of over 40 departments would be moved as part of the exercise.
No moving employee shall occupy any government/municipal residential accommodation except under proper allotment, a government order said here. The moving employees, who have ration tickets in Jammu, are required to surrender the same to the director food and supplies, Jammu and obtain a certificate for the same and the director food and supplies, Kashmir will issue tickets to such employees at Srinagar on opening of offices, the order said.
However, employees who desire to move without families may retain the government accommodation allotted to them at Jammu after intimation to the estates department. The State Road Transport Corporation has been asked to make available sufficient number of buses for taking Srinagar based employees on April 26 and 27 and for taking Jammu-based employees on May 4,2003.
The health department has been asked to arrange medical aid at Jajjarkotili, Udhampur, Kud, Patnitop, Ramban, Banihal, and Qazigund on the days when the employees travel from Jammu to Srinagar. The salary for the month of April 2003 in respect of the employees working in the moving offices shall be drawn on April 23rd, 2003.
Bureau Report