Unemployed veterinarians & aspiring candidate for posts of ACF/Range Officer (Grade I) call on Hon’ble Lt Governor Brig (Dr) BD Mishra (Retd) Make suggestions regarding draft Recruitment Rules

Leh, Nov 23, 2023: A delegation comprising unemployed veterinarians from Ladakh led by Shri Abdul Rouf called on the Hon’ble Lieutenant Governor of Ladakh, Brigadier (Dr) BD Mishra (Retd), at LG Secretariat. Advisor to HLG, Dr Pawan Kotwal, IAS and Secretary to HLG, Shri Ravinder Kumar, IAS, were present in the meeting.
Shri Rouf apprised the HLG of the recent draft Recruitment Rules for the gazetted post of Veterinary Assistant Surgeon put in the public domain by the Animal and Sheep Husbandry Department. He informed that the current draft rule states that only 85% of the posts would be notified for direct recruitment while 15% would be reserved for in-service employees. He requested that 100% of posts should be notified for direct recruitment.
Secretary to HLG, Shri Ravinder Kumar, IAS, stated that the suggestion would be incorporated in the final draft of the Recruitment Rule and submitted to the Committee for due consideration.
The HLG assured Shri Rouf and other aspiring candidates to look into the matter.
Smt Ldazes Angmo, an aspiring candidate for the post of Forest Conservator and Range Officer (Grade I), called on the HLG at the LG Secretariat. Advisor to HLG, Dr Pawan Kotwal, IAS and Assistant Principal Chief Conservator of Forest, Shri Brij Mohan Sharma, IFS, were present in the meeting.
Smt Ldazes apprised the HLG of the notification of the draft Recruitment Rule for the posts of Assistant Conservator of Forest and Forest Range Officer (Grade I) by the Department of Forest Ecology and Environment in the month of October. She suggested the inclusion of reservations for MSc Forestry students for the said posts in the draft recruitment rule.
The HLG instructed the concerned officials to look into the matter and asked them to prevent injustice against anyone.