SRO 202 Employees Association J&K

09/03/2026

09/03/2026

The Hon'ble Lieutenant Governor of Jammu and Kashmir, Manoj Sinha
Raj Bhavan, Jammu/Srinagar.
Subject: Request for Two-Year Increment for Employees Appointed under SRO 202 (2015-2019)
Sir,
We, the employees appointed between 2015 to 2019 under SRO 202, seek your attention to a long-standing issue. Despite being recruited through reputable agencies like JKSSB and JKPSC, we received only basic salary during our probation period, devoid of any increments. It is disheartening to note that our predecessors and successors have received full salaries and allowances, while we were denied this entitlement for two years.
While we do not seek arrears, we humbly request that you consider granting us the two-year increment .We appeal to your honor to address our grievance and grant us the two-year increment. We hope that you will consider our request and bring relief to our long-standing plight.
Thank you

07/03/2026

5 Years. No Increments. No Justice.

Employees recruited under SRO-202 in J&K were denied benefits others receive.

The principle is simple:
Equal work deserves equal pay.

Time to correct the injustice.

Grant notional benefits to SRO-202 employees NOW.

04/03/2026

UT Ladakh Issues Implementation Order Granting Increment & Pay Benefits to Panchayat Accounts Assistants and Similarly Placed Employees | Compliance with CAT Jammu Bench Order Dated 27.12.2024; Applicants Represented by Advocate Mr. Akhail Ahmed Bardi

Leh, Feb 25: The Union Territory Administration of Ladakh has issued a formal implementation order granting service-related benefits to Panchayat Accounts Assistants (PAAs), bringing clarity to their pay and increment status.

The development follows the Tribunal’s Order dated 27.12.2024 in O.A. No. 509/2024 (*Stanzin Namgail & Others vs. UT Ladakh & Others*), wherein the matter of service conditions during probation and entitlement to increments was examined.

As per the government order issued under the authority of the Lieutenant Governor (Administrator), the service conditions of the applicants during the probation period shall be governed by the Jammu & Kashmir Special Recruitment Rules, 2015 (SRO-202), as amended by S.O. 194 dated 17.06.2020.

The Administration has clarified that once the special probationary provisions ceased, the concerned employees would no longer remain under the restrictive clauses of SRO-202 relating to drawal of annual increments and allowances. Thereafter, their service conditions shall be regulated in accordance with the Central Civil Services (CCS) Rules, 1965, entitling them to full pay and admissible allowances.

The order further states that the clarification and grant of notional annual increments shall be treated as full compliance with the directions issued by the Tribunal.

Significantly, the benefit has not been limited only to the applicants of the case. The Administration has extended the same clarification and relief, *mutatis mutandis*, to all other similarly situated employees appointed under SRO-202 whose probation period extended beyond the repeal of the special probationary provisions and who otherwise fall within the scope of the order.
The petitioners in the case were represented by Advocate Mr. Akhail Bardi who argued that denial of increments beyond the special probationary framework was unjustified after the repeal of the restrictive provisions.

The move is seen as a major administrative step ensuring implementation of the court order while safeguarding pay and increment rights of affected employees across the Union Territory.