Jammu, 11/05/2019:
Giving a damn to the slogans of Accountability and Transparency, the J&K Bank has once again issued a list of qualifying candidates in the Preliminary exams for POs in the most mischievous manner , said Harsh Dev Singh Chairman JKNPP and former Minister. It’s bizarre to note that District wise lists of candidates have been prepared for selections to the posts of Probationary Officers, a novel mechanism so far unheard in the banking history of the State, he said. While all the list of officers in all the deptts. including J&K Bank are issued on State level, a unique phenomenon was adopted by the J&K Bank authorities in the ongoing selection process of POs by resorting to District wise preparation of merit lists of officers, he observed. And intriguingly the names of the Districts were not mentioned, pointed Mr. Singh. The only objective behind the highly scandalous proposition of District level merit lists of officers was to subvert the State level merit list and to thereby confer benefits upon favourites and blue eyed candidates, alleged Singh.
Urging upon the vigilante organizations to take cognizance of the highly opprobrious and irregular practices having been adopted by the J&K Bank, Mr. Singh threatened to launch a full throttle campaign against all malpractices committed in the functioning of the said bank wherein the govt. held 59% share. He said the J&K Bank had been under a storms eye in the past as well for manipulations and fraudulent practices which however were disregarded due to the patronage of the helmsmen. He regretted that no enquiry was held and none made accountable despite the State Governor himself making a statement in the media about the violation of norms and huge backdoor appointments having been made by the said bank. He claimed that District wise lists of POs had been prepared only due to low merit of candidates in Kashmir division who could be brought within the consideration zone only by resorting to such gimmickry. The interests of Jammu youth shall not be allowed to be compromised at any cost, cautioned Harsh.
