Sheep Husbandry Deptt under fire for bypassing norms in promotions

The Sheep Husbandry Department of Kashmir is facing criticism for allegedly violating established norms by allowing four junior employees to take their departmental examination and be considered for promotion without completing the mandatory one-year training course.

- NL CORRESPONDENT

According to Jammu & Kashmir Sheep Husbandry Department guidelines of 2018, employees such as Stock Assistants, Junior Graders, Junior Wool Shearers, and Junior Laboratory Assistants are required to undergo a compulsory one-year training before they are eligible to sit for internal examinations for promotion to higher grades.

However, in a clear breach of these rules, the department's directorate has permitted four Assistant Stock Men and Multitasking staff to appear in the shearing test examination without having completed their training.