Srinagar, Dec 6 (JKNS): The Jammu and Kashmir government on Saturday said that the upcoming JKAS Preliminary Examination should be deferred until the issue of age relaxation currently awaiting approval from the Lieutenant Governor is resolved.
Advisor to the Chief Minister, Nasir Aslam Wani, as per news agency JKNS that the elected government strongly favours granting upper-age relaxation for JKAS aspirants and has accordingly forwarded the file to Lok Bhawan for necessary approval.
“The elected government is in favour of relaxing the upper age limit for recruitment, and the file has already been sent to Lok Bhawan. Till the process is completed, the Public Service Commission should defer the examination,” Wani said.
He confirmed that the file on age relaxation, sent earlier this week by the CM Omar Abdullah led government, was returned by the Lieutenant Governor’s office with certain queries.
“The file has now been forwarded by the General Administration Department to the Public Service Commission for its opinion,” he added. (JKNS)
