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JK-71/18-20 Vol No. 54Excelsior No. 67 JAMMU, SATURDAY, MARCH 10, 2018 RNI No. 28547/65 16 Pages ` 5.00 CM directs Two ADCs posted, SDMs will also stay 24 docs exemptions in shifted PAO system FC Revenue heads high-level Panel Excelsior Correspondent Excelsior Correspondent JAMMU, Mar 9: Health and JAMMU, Mar 9: In order to Medical Education Department ensure that the concerned stake- today ordered swapping of 2 holders do not face any incon- on demand for ADCs in many areas doctors and transfer and posting venience during the switch over of 22 others with immediate to PAO system in the State and Sanjeev Pargal demands related to posting of Additional Deputy effect. to make sure no pendency of Additional Deputy Commissioners on the basis of According to the order, Dr bills, Chief Minister, Mehbooba JAMMU, Mar 9: Just a Commissioners. recommendations made by the KK Gupta, Senior Consultation Mufti has directed exemption day after Chief Minister The members of the high-powered committee,'' Medicine, Government till March 31, 2018 of the geo- Mehbooba Mufti assured a Committee included sources said. Hospital Gandhi Nagar and Dr graphical areas where internet delegation of BJP Ministers Commissioner/ Secretary to The General Administration Krishan Gogna, Senior facility is not available or which that a high-level Committee Government, Revenue Department today also ordered Consultant Medicine, CD are facing disruptions due to would be set up to examine the Department, Shahid Inayatullah, the posting of Sachin Dev Hospital Jammu will swap their various reasons. demands pouring in from sev- Commissioner/ Secretary to Singh, Additional Secretary to places and the deputation of Dr She has also directed that eral areas for creation of the Government, General the Government, Labour and KK Gupta to GMC Jammu shall the bills being returned for posts of Additional Deputy Administration Department Employment Department, as be governed by the standard want of administrative or Commissioners and posting of (GAD), Khurshid Ahmed and first Additional Deputy terms of deputation envisaged technical sanction be two Additional DCs-one each Divisional Commissioner, Commissioner of Nowshera- in the J&K CSRs. He will retain (Contd on page 6 Col 3) for Nowshera-Sunderbani and Jammu, Hemant Sharma. Sunderbani. Sachin Dev Singh his lien, seniority and promo- Koteranka-Kalakote, the tion prospects in his parent "No time frame has been is a native of Rajouri district. A girl poses for a picture as she holds Radish in a vegetable garden in Srinagar. General Administration cadre/department. Jawan hurt in fixed for the Committee,'' the "The officer (Sachin Dev -Excelsior/Shakeel Department (GAD), headed official order said. Singh) shall discharge his duties Dr Mahesh Gupta, Consultant LoC firing by the CM, issued orders to After agitation in depending upon the convenience Paediatrics under orders of trans- Excelsior Correspondent this effect today. Nowshera, Sunderbani and of the general public in a manner fer to DH Kathua has been Govt conveys MHA not to send para-military forces retained at Rajiv Gandhi Hospital SRINAGAR, Mar 9: A sol- The constitution of high- Kalakote for the posting of that he will be headquartered for Gangyal Jammu and will draw dier was seriously injured last powered committee was Additional Deputy one week at Nowshera and fol- salary against the post of night after India and Pakistan announced by the GAD, which Commissioners, similar lowed by another week at Governor again asks CM to take Consultant Ortho, while Dr exchanged fire along the Line also ordered posting of senior demands for postings had Sunderbani,'' the GAD order Shekhar Sharma, Consultant of Control (LoC) in Uri sector KAS officer, Sachin Dev Singh started pouring in from vari- said. Ophthalmology, DH Kathua has of North Kashmir's Baramulla as first Additional Deputy ous tehsils with political lead- At the same time, as per the call on Panchayat, Municipal polls been transferred and posted at district. Commissioner of Nowshera- ers and organizations seeking GAD order, Kartar Singh, Sub Government Hospital Gandhi Sources said that the Indo- Sunderbani. posting of the Additional DCs Divisional Magistrate, Excelsior Correspondent Nagar and Dr Sucheta Hans, Pak troops exchanged fire along An order issued today by the in their tehsils to solve revenue Sunderbani and Abdul Sattar, SEC not briefed on deferment Consultant Anaesthesia, under the LoC at Churanda area of Uri GAD said the Finance related problems of the people Sub Divisional Magistrate, JAMMU, Mar 9: Governor orders of transfer to DH Samba opment and release of funds, there was violence during the sector late last night. Commissioner Revenue, Lokesh at tehsil headquarters. Nowshera, will continue at N N Vohra has once again has been posted at Government which have been blocked by the Panchayat elections. The A soldier received a sniper Dutt Jha will be chairman of the "The State Government their respective places of post- called upon Chief Minister Central Government in the Government had also cited fire in his right leg and has been Committee which will examine could create some new posts of (Contd on page 6 Col 3) Mehbooba Mufti to take call (Contd on page 6 Col 3) absence of elected civic bodies,'' that majority view at an All airlifted to Army's 92 Base on holding Urban Local sources said. Party Meeting, convened by Hospital Badamibagh, Srinagar Nearly 2.50 lakh kanals area still under control of land grabbers Bodies (ULBs) and Panchayat Earlier also, the Governor, the Chief Minister on for treatment. He has been elections in Jammu and Kashmir, which were now on a number of times, had con- Panchayat elections, had (Contd on page 6 Col 5) overdue but the PDP-BJP veyed his concern to Chief opposed the polls at this stage. DM to visit Leh J&K needs more stringent laws to coalition Government seems to Minister Mehbooba Mufti and Meanwhile, sources said, the be in no mood to hold early stressed on holding early elec- State Government hasn't con- on Mar 11 elections to the two grass-root tions to both Panchayats and veyed any decision to the State Excelsior Correspondent retrieve encroached forest land level civic bodies citing securi- Municipalities, sources said, Election Commission (SEC) on ty considerations, law and adding that the Chief Minister holding or deferring of the JAMMU, Mar 9: Defence Mohinder Verma encroachers, who otherwise order problem and tourist sea- had, in one such meeting with Panchayat elections. In January Minister Nirmala Sitharaman is Further loss of green cover are gradually spreading their son. Vohra in December 2017, con- this year, the Government had visiting Leh on an official visit JAMMU, Mar 9: As exist- activities in the vicinity of the Sources told the Excelsior veyed to him that process of asked the SEC to make prepara- on March 11. ing measures have failed to to badly impact tourism already encroached forest that the Governor, who had been Panchayat elections in the State tions for holding Panchayat Apart from attending an yield the desirable results and areas". for the past quite some time now would start on February 15, elections but a formal order by official function of DRDO, huge chunk of forest land is total of 1,41,787 kanals of forest under encroachment and Moreover, forest fires inci- calling upon the State which would be followed by the the Rural Development and Sitharaman was likely to review still under the control of land land is still under encroachment remains a cause of worry for dental or intentional at the hands Government to hold Panchayat polls to the Urban Local Bodies. Panchayati Raj Ministry, on the situation along Line of Actual grabbers in the length and in different parts of Jammu those at the helm of affairs in the of encroachers have also been and Municipal elections in the However, the Government basis of which, the SEC had to Control (LAC) with China in breadth of Jammu and region while as 1,05299 kanals department", official sources causing huge damage to the State, again conveyed his con- made no efforts to hold the elec- announce the election schedule, Leh with top Army Kashmir, the State is in the of forest land is under the con- said. green cover of the State. This cern to Chief Minister tions either to Panchayats or was never issued. Commanders. dire need of more stringent trol of land grabbers in Kashmir "Besides resistance from can be gauged from the official Mehbooba Mufti when she Municipalities. The Government had already Sitharaman will return to laws to deal effectively with province. the encroachers lack of timely figures, the copy of which is called on him at the Raj Bhawan Sources said the State designated the office of Chief New Delhi the same day. the encroachers. Moreover, "No doubt, the Forest assistance from the police is available with EXCELSIOR. here last evening. Government had conveyed to Electoral Officer (CEO) as the such a move will also help in Department is trying its level also responsible for such a During 2015-16, a total of "The Governor wanted elec- Union Home Minister Rajnath State Election Commission for Central GST checking further plunder of best to retrieve the forest land huge chunk of land remaining 113 forest fire incidents involv- tions to both urban and rural Singh, who was keen on hold- holding the Panchayat elections green gold and its adverse Commissionerate from the encroachers but its under the control of land grab- ing 207.25 hectares of forest civic bodies to be held in the ing elections to Panchayats in as no separate SEC has been set impact on climate and tourism teams often face strong resist- bers", sources said, adding area took place in Kashmir State for restoration of democra- Jammu and Kashmir, that up so far for the purpose. promotion. recovers Rs 10.38 cr ance from the land grabbers and "even political interference is region while as during the same cy at grass-root level, which upcoming tourist season in "The SEC has neither been As per the official figures that is why nearly 2.50 lakh creating impediments in Excelsior Correspondent (Contd on page 6 Col 1) would also lead to more devel- summer could be affected if (Contd on page 6 Col 5) available with EXCELSIOR, a kanals of forest land is still retrieving land from the JAMMU, Mar 9: In a major enforcement action, the officers „ Speaker refers issue to Privilege Panel Hotelier shot of the Central GST Manmohan for equal development Commissionerate, Jammu have dead in unearthed irregularities in GST Lone skips response to pro-Pak tax payments by two compa- Kishtwar of all 3 regions in J&K nies. These companies were Excelsior Correspondent found to be claiming and utiliz- Book on Karan Singh released ing inadmissible Input Tax slogan, says no breach of privilege KISHTWAR, Mar 9: A 45- NEW DELHI, Mar 9: Credit (ITC) to the tune of Excelsior Correspondent year-old hotelier was shot dead Rs.9.32 crore. by some persons, here this JAMMU, Mar 9: Former Former Prime Minister evening. Manmohan Singh today (Contd on page 6 Col 3) Speaker and National As per official sources, the pitched for equitable sharing Conference MLA from man identified as Istiyaq of "power and development" Clashes in parts Sonawari, Mohammad Akbar Ahmad Dar (45), son of among all three regions of Lone, hasn't responded to the of Valley Ghulam Rasool Dar (Master) of Jammu and Kashmir to find a comments/facts sought from Semna was fired upon by some Excelsior Correspondent lasting solution to the State's him by Legislative Assembly miscreants near Islamia problem. SRINAGAR, Mar 9: Speaker Kavinder Gupta on Faridiya School. Singh was speaking at the Clashes between youth and pro-Pakistan slogan raised by Dar received bullet wounds launch of a book, 'Karan Singh - security forces erupted in parts him in the House on February in his head and was immediate- Jammu and Kashmir (1949- of Kashmir after Friday prayers 10. ly shifted to the district hospital 1967)', at the Nehru Memorial against the civilian killings In his reply submitted to the where doctors declared him as Museum and Library (NMML) while shutdown was observed Speaker, Lone, who was also a brought dead. here. Former Chief Justice of India T S Thakur, former PM Dr in Shopian town for 5th day former Cabinet Minister, After conducting autopsy by The first copy of the book Manmohan Singh and Dr Karan Singh releasing the book in today. absolutely made no mention of the board of doctors, the body was presented by former Chief New Delhi on Friday. Stone-pelting clashes erupt- 'Pakistan Zindabad' slogans has been handed over to family Justice T S Thakur to Singh. ed outside Mini Secretariat raised by him in the Assembly members for last rites. "(The problems of) Jammu Shopian, Sofa Naman and and only referred to the breach A case under relevant and Kashmir is a complex sub- Memander areas. Scores of of privilege. Sections has been registered at ject...There cannot be a lasting youths pelted stones on police "As far as the Speaker of the Kishtwar Police Station and solution to the problem of and paramilitary CRPF in these Assembly is concerned, your investigation started. Jammu and Kashmir unless the areas. The security forces retali- Chair is most valuable, However, locals staged equitable sharing of power and ated by firing teargas and pellets. respectable for all the Members Chair and there is no question of prestigious Chair. protest and demanded developments of all the three (Contd on page 6 Col 5) of the House, so I respect your breach of privilege against your (Contd on page 6 Col 1) (Contd on page 6 Col 5) (Contd on page 6 Col 5)

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