NC leader and party candidate for Anantnag Parliamentary Constituency, Hasnain Masoodi, has in a statement condemned what he called ‘efforts of Jammu and Kashmir Bank management to change selection criteria’ for probationary officer and banking associate vacancies in mid-stream at “the behest of the forces keen to see the candidates from a particular region out of race and disempowered”.
According to a statement, Masoodi said that once theselection criteria stands duly notified ahead of declaration of the results ofthe examination held, the bank management lacks power and jurisdiction tochange the selection criteria in the middle of the selection process to thedisadvantage of candidates from a particular region and obviously for mala fidereasons. “Any effort to push the aspirants from a particular region out of therace for the advertised posts will be unconstitutional and illegal and foughtwith full force,” he said, according the statement.
“J&K Bank management apparently emboldened by thecondonation of previously reported alleged large scale malpractices inrecruitment, pointed out by no less an authority than the Governor, is withimpunity planning to play with the career of candidates from one region, onlyto please the forces that initially took strong exception to its lack oftransparency in recruitments, whooping NPAs and corporate mismanagement butlater did not enquire into alleged malpractices and mismanagement,” he said.
Masoodi expressed surprise over reluctance of Governoradministration to share the decisions taken in SAC regarding J&K Bankthough initially made public.
“The silence in this regard strengthens the suspicion thatthe selection criteria is changed mid-stream at behest of the higher authorities and to repay the favours shown by such authoritiesto the bank management in ignoring thealleged bungling in recruitment at the cost of career of thousands of candidates from a particular region,” Masoodisaid, while asking the bank management to adhere to and follow the selectioncriteria duly notified prior to declaration of results and make selection onthe basis of such criteria.