Srinagar :The School Education Department (SED) on Wednesday assigned the “look-after” charges to the five principals and posted them as the Chief Education Officers (CEOs) to fill the vacant positions in the Kashmir division.
An order issued by Principal Secretary School Education reads “ the Principals shall look after the post of Chief Education Officers and equivalent indicated against each till these posts are filled up on regular basis”. As per the order, Principal Higher Secondary School (HSS) Halmathpora Ali Mohammad has been assigned the look after charges of CEO Bandipora. Principal HSS Khawas, Chaman Lal Shamra has been assigned the charge of CEO Baramulla. Sushma Koul has been assigned the charge of CEO Pulwama while Vinod Kumar Jad has been assigned the charge of CEO Srinagar and Ramesh K Hakim has been assigned charge of CEO Anantnag. As per the order, Ram Paul Sharma has been assigned the look after charge of Principal District Institute of Education and Training (DIET) Kulgam.The government order further reads that the officers’ assigned to look after charge shall not be entitled to charge allowance.
“The arrangement is purely temporary and shall not confer any right upon the officers to claim seniority, placement, promotion or regularization which shall be strictly made as per the rules and in order of seniority and availability of vacancy,” the government order reads. The order futhermore reads that the arrangement will be without any prejudice to the outcome of writ petitions, if any, pending consideration before the Courts of competent jurisdiction, adding that “It is further ordered that the officers shall exercise DDO Powers in addition to the administrative powers.”
