In the first week of January, the Government of India merged Jammu Kashmir civil services cadre which includes Indian Administrative Service, Indian Police Service and Indian Forest Service with AGMUT ( Arunachal Pradesh, Goa, Mizoram and Union Territories).
A notification signed by President Ram Nath Kovind and issued by the Ministry of Law and Justice, the members of IAS, IPS and Indian Forest Service for the existing cadre of Jammu and Kashmir will now become part AGMUT cadre according to a report by Muslim Mirror.
Through Jammu Kashmir Reorganization (Amendment) Ordinance, 2021, the changes have been made to Sections 13 and 88 of the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganization Act, 2019.
As AGMUT works under central Government, all the civil services officers of J&K will have to work according to the rules and regulations of the central government. Earlier Jammu and Kashmir cadre was under the state government. Now the civil service officers of the three states and all UTs coming under AGMUT will be posted in Jammu Kashmir and similarly the officers of Jammu Kashmir will be posted in these areas. AGMUT is a joint cadre of the three Indian states of Arunachal Pradesh, Goa, Mizoram and the Union Territories, which now includes Jammu Kashmir and Ladakh.
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