23 Senior JKAS Officers To Be Inducted Into IAS Cadre

According to the order, these officers also include three officers, who were earlier inducted into the IAS cadre on a provisional basis and have now received formal confirmation from the UPSC.

Officials said the UPSC has taken the decision following a two-day meeting of a panel on the subject held in New Delhi on April 23 and April 24. Senior officers from Jammu & Kashmir, including Chief Secretary Atal Dulloo and M. Raju, Commissioner/Secretary, General Administration Department (GAD), represented Jammu and Kashmir during the deliberations.

According to officials, the majority of these inductions have been adjusted against vacancies arising in 2019, while a few of them correspond to 2020.

List Sent To MHA

The officials said now the list of names of these inducted officers has been sent to the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), the authority that controls the Arunachal Pradesh, Goa, Mizoram and Union Territories (AGMUT) cadre, as Jammu & Kashmir happens to be one of the segments. 

Soon the MHA will send the list to the GAD of Jammu & Kashmir for final notification, including year of allotment, which is expected very shortly. It will formally seal the induction process and define the seniority positioning of the officers.

Meanwhile, reports indicate that seven among the cleared officers have either already retired or are close to retirement and these positions will be re-advertised in the next cycle and future inductions to accommodate these and additional vacancies.

Apart from fresh inductions, the UPSC has also regularised the status of three officers, who were earlier inducted into the IAS on a provisional basis and are already serving in the cadre.

Restart In Induction Process

This development marks a significant restart in the induction process, which had slowed down due to legal and procedural complications. The last induction took place on August 4, 2022 (16 officers inducted) and prior to that the process remained stalled for nearly 12 years, from 2010–2022, as seniority disputes were a major reason for delays.

With Jammu and Kashmir now part of the AGMUT cadre, the government aims to institutionalise a more predictable and annual induction cycle. The upcoming notification is expected to bring long-awaited clarity for officers and streamline future career progression within the cadre.