‘Concerned Citizens’ seek LG’s intervention to raise upper age limit for J&K Bank recruitment to 40 years

STC NEWS DESK
SRINAGAR, NOVEMBER 10 (STC): The Group of Concerned Citizens (GCC), Jammu and Kashmir, has urged Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha to intervene and seek a revision of the upper age limit prescribed by Jammu and Kashmir Bank for recruitment to 1,356 posts of Banking Associates and Probationary Officers.
The Group has sought raising the upper age limit to 40 years, in line with the age eligibility criteria applicable under Jammu and Kashmir’s government recruitment rules.
It’s worth mentioning that the J&K Bank has prescribed an upper age limit of 32 years for Banking Associates and 30 years for Probationary Officers in the ongoing recruitment process.
“During the 2020 recruitment cycle, the upper age limit for open merit candidates was 32 years for Banking Associates and 30 years for Probationary Officers. In 2018, the bank had initially prescribed similar limits, which were subsequently raised to 35 years for Banking Associates following representations from candidates,” the GCC said in its statement.
The group further stated that the age relaxation provided under J&K government recruitment rules was necessitated by endemic educated unemployment in the Union Territory and limited industrial and business opportunities.
It also argued that since the reservation framework followed by J&K Bank is aligned with the government’s reservation policy, the age eligibility criteria should also be brought in line with the UT recruitment rules.
The GCC has appealed to the Lieutenant Governor to take up the matter with the bank management and ensure revision of the age criteria. (Straight Talk Communications)