Srinagar, Jan 4: The Jammu and Kashmir Students Association (JKSA) on Sunday expressed serious concern over the J&K government’s decision to proceed with large-scale recruitments despite the reservation rationalisation proposal, already cleared by the Cabinet, remaining pending final approval and notification.
In a statement, the association said that, as of January 3, 2026, the government is pushing ahead with recruitment drives for more than 1,815 Executive Constable posts, along with selections for Armed Police, IRF, SDRF, and other departments, even as the Cabinet-approved proposal for rationalisation of reservations; forwarded to the Lieutenant Governor in early December 2025 continues to await notification.
In a statement, Advisor of Association, Danish Lone said that proceeding with mass recruitments in the absence of a notified and rationalised reservation framework risks permanently entrenching structural imbalances. “Such an approach disproportionately sidelines large sections of aspirants under the open merit category, denying them a level playing field and undermining the very spirit of equity and social justice that reservation policies are meant to uphold,” he said.
He termed the move not merely administratively flawed but ethically indefensible, noting that recruitment exercises conducted under a policy framework acknowledged by the government itself as needing correction raise serious concerns about fairness, procedural propriety, and informed consent of aspirants. “Once selections are made, the damage becomes irreversible, rendering future rationalisation largely symbolic,” the statement added.
The Association made a clear and urgent demand for an immediate pause on all ongoing and proposed recruitments until the reservation framework is rationalised, notified, and implemented. JKSA further called for a time-bound, transparent, and consultative process, involving aspirants, legal experts, and civil society stakeholders, to ensure that reservation rationalisation is grounded in data, constitutional principles, and on-ground realities.