Civil secretariat to close on October 26

As part of bi-annual Darbar move, the Civil Secretariat, seat of Jammu and Kashmir government, along with other offices will close here at the end of this month and reopen in the winter capital Jammu next month.

An order issued here by the General Administration Department (GAD) said: “The offices, as indicated at Annexures ‘ A and ‘0″ to this order shall move to Jammu, ‘In Full’ and ‘In Camp,’ respectively for the Winter Season-2018-19. The offices observing five-days week shall close at Srinagar on 26th October, 2018 (Friday) after the office hours and the offices observing six-days week shall close on 27″ October, 2018 (Saturday) after the office hours.”

It said all the offices shall reopen at Jammu on 5 November, 2018 (Monday). All the departments shall ensure that records are packed in boxes after the working hours on the last working day.

The offices moving in camp shall carry only 33% of the staff strength in that particular office or 10 officials, whichever is minimum or otherwise, as specifically indicated.

All the departments shall depute their advance parties on 22″d October, 2018 (Monday), consisting of one Gazetted Officer and four to five Non-Gazetted Employees who shall receive the records at Jammu.

The departments shall ensure that records are properly packed in boxes/trunks and their keys should reach the advance parties at Jammu, well in time. The SSP, Security, Civil Secretariat shall furnish a list of defaulting departments in this regard to the Government (General Administration Department) at Jammu.(CNS)