The administration is undoubtedly making efforts to wipe out the corruption from Jammu and Kashmir. Many steps including the digitization of the services have been started to ensure that corruption is shown the doors from Jammu and Kashmir. However, the corruption and favoritism within the departments continues unabated as the allegations continue to pour in from time to time, claiming that some employees are being chosen and transferred, promoted unnecessarily. Such measures are being taken according to their choices, which simultaneously affect the functioning of the department. In one such instance, the government has finally constituted a fact-finding committee to investigate illegal promotions granted to engineering staff of the Srinagar Municipal Corporation (SMC). The panel would verify whether the promotions were in consonance with qualification and rules. The fresh panel has been constituted over two months after the government ordered enquiry into the illegal promotions granted and posts created in SMC in 2016 by the then SMC Commissioner. The constitution of such committees becomes imperative at a time when the illegal appointments and promotions are reportedly taking place. But, the time calls for prompt measures to ensure that such favoritism or the corruption within the departments or corporations in such cases is also put to an immediate end. It is the time when the government should act swiftly and ensure that nobody is allowed to act irresponsibly that could affect the administration’s motive and goal of corruption-free governance. The prompt steps are necessary at this juncture to ensure that the measures taken by the government will bring fruit.
Timely action imperative
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