While the BJP, which had been protesting against the notification it came out and calling it “illegal”, welcomed the cat decision, chief minister abdullah said un-speakers wield not be “in the e Most land records are in urdu.

Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Chief Mehboba Mufti, who made the same argument, added that it was “deeply unfortunate” that judiciary appears to be “influenced by divisive politics”.

What was the contested notification?

On June 9, The Jammu and Kashmir Service Selection Board (JKSB), One of the Two Government Recruitment Agencies, Issued a Notification For A Written Exam For 75 Posts of Naib Tehsildar In The Rt. Department. As always, the JKSSB specified that the second paper

Urdu has been the official administrative language of J & K Since before. While Persian was the official language of J & K in the early dogra Period, Maharaja Pratap singh making urdo as the sole official language over a century ago.

It was during Maharaja Partap Singh’s time that the first land settlement of j & k was carried out by sir walter law, an Indian civil services (ICS) Officer, who was also of the british Council of India. Lawrence, who was appointed as the first settlement commissioner, started the process in 1889, completing it in five years. Thus, the first official land settlement in j & k was recorded in the urdu language.

Since the Lawrence Period, all the Revenue Records of J & K was registered in urdu. The Pre-Partition Revenue Records are kept at Srinagar’s muhafiz khana, which also has the original and official pre-completed land records for the Pakistani Occupied Kashmir (POK) Region.

Hence, work knowledge of urdu has always been a prerequisite for recruitment in the J & K Revenue Department because all land records in the utmost in this language.

In the wake of the abrogation of article 370, which granted J & K Special Status, in August 2019, The Jammu and Kashmir Official Languages Bill, 2020, was passed by the bjp -ted in parliament, which More Languages – Kashmiri, Dogri, Hindi and English – to already existing urdu as j & k’s official languages.

The bill said that these five languages will be “used for all official purposes” in the ut.

What happened after the notification?

The BJP immediately called for the scrapping of the notification mandatory for the post of Naib tehsildars. Senior BJP Leader and Leader of the Opposition (LOP) In the J & K Assembly, Sunil Sharma, Met Lt Governor Manoj Sinha to see his intervention to drink.

Sharma’s content was that making knowledge of one of the J & K’S Five Official Languages Mandatory for Naib Telsildar Aspirants “Violates Conitutional Principles and Administrative Impartiction, Annd Annd Annd Annd Annd Annd Annd Annd Annd Annd Annd Annd Annd Annd Annd Annd Annd Annd Annd Annd Annd Annd Annd Annd Annd Annd Annd Annd Annd Annd Annd Annd Annd Annd Annd Annd Annd Annd Annd Annd Annd Annd Annd Annd Annd Annd Annd Annd Annd Annd Annd Annd Annd Annd Annd Annd Annd Annd Annd Annd Annd Annd Annd Annd Annd Annd Annd Annd Annd Annd Annd Annd Annd Annd Annd Annd Annd Annd Annd Annd Annd Annd Annd Annd Annd Annd Annd Annd Annd Annd Annd Annd Annd Annd Annd Annd Annd Annd Annd Annd Annd Annd Annd Annd Career Barrier “. He also claimed this would put Candidates from jammu at a “disadvantage”.

The nc and PDP, immediately countered the BJP’s stance. “Urdu is not associated with any class, region, or religion, but is a historical and administic language used in jammu and kashmir for over 130 year. Was conducted in person but later urdu was adopted as a unifying language, “NC Chief Spokesperson Tanvir Sadiq point out.

“It is wrong to view every issue through a religious lens. The shajras (or the ancestral land records) have long been written in Urdu and it is not posible to change all those who documents now. Acknowledge Urdu’s Historical Role in Administration, Including Judiciary and Revenue, “Sadiq Said.

Subsequently, a petition was filed by job seekers with the cat over the order.

What did the tribunal say?

A bench comprising member (judicial) Rajnder Dogra and Ram Mohan Johri (Member Administrative) Said the notification was discriminatory in light of the provisions of the Jammu and and Kashmir Official Languages Act, 200. And stayed “The Operation of the Relevant Provisions of the Jammu and Kashmir Revenue (Subordinate) Service Recruitment Rules of 2009

Abdullah and Mufti bottom reitrated the importance of urdu for understanding land records.

“Eve before independence, our revenue records were in urdu. Don’t know urdu can be effective, “Abdullah Said.

“It is only logical that applicants for the post