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REGD.NO.JK-71/15-17RNI No. 28547/65Vol No. 53 No. 296 JAMMU, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 27, 2017 14 Pages `̀ 5.00

2 Principals among 33 transferred

Excelsior Correspondent

JAMMU, Oct 26: On stopgap arrangement, the HigherEducation Department todayordered transfer and postingsof 2 Principals, 20 InchargePrincipals and 11 AssociateProfessors with immediateeffect.

According to the order,Mudasir Afshan, under order oftransfer to Incharge PrincipalDGC Larnoo has been posted asIncharge Principal GDCKangan, Nazir Ahmad Tantray,Associate Professor PhysicsJKIMS Srinagar will look afterthe post of Principal GDCLarnoo, Abdul WahidMakdoomi, under order ofadjustment as Incharge PrincipalGDC Gool has been posted asIncharge Principal GDCHadipora, Abdul Rehman Najar,

under order of transfer asIncharge Principal GDC Leh hasbeen posted as InchargePrincipal GDC Banihal andDiskit Angmoo, AssociateProfessor English GCW GandhiNagar has been transferred andposted as Incharge PrincipalGDC Leh.

Fazal Rehman Beigh,Incharge Principal GDC Kilamhas been transferred and postedIncharge Principal GDC BoysBaramulla, Farooq AhmadMalik, Principal GDC BoysKupwara has been transferredand posted Principal GDCKilam, Fayaz Ahmad Lone,Associate Professor BotanyGDC Boys Kupwara will lookafter the routine affairs of GDCBoys Kupwara, KhurshidAhmad Khan, Incharge

Avtar BhatJAMMU, Oct 26: Terming

the so-called separatists strug-gle in Kashmir valley "a mer-cenary movement," UnionMinister in PMO, Dr JitendraSingh today said that the peo-ple who wore robe of sepa-ratism became millionairesovernight by misleading anddeceiving the poor youth ofKashmir for their vested inter-ests.

Dr Jitendra Singh wasaddressing a mammoth publicrally organized by State Unit ofBJP in connection withAccession Day at Parade heretoday to pay tributes to

Maharaja Hari Singh, the lastDogra ruler of the State for tak-ing a historic decision by sign-ing the instrument of accessionwith Government of India.

Dr Jitendra Singh tookCongress and National

Conference (NC) leaders to task,who are repeatedly accusingBJP that it didn't struggle fordeclaration of State holiday onMaharaja's birthday, and saidthat when the statue ofMaharaja was unveiled near

Tawi bridge the then Mayor ofJammu and BJP leader KavinderGupta had invited the leaders ofboth the parties to attend thefunction but they boycotted it.

Excelsior Correspondent

JAMMU, Oct 26: Finally,the Government has constitut-ed three EmpoweredCommittees for scrutinizingthe applications for regular-ization of illegal/ unauthorizedconstructions in the capitalcities of Jammu and Srinagarand holy town of Katra underthe new policy.

The policy was notified bythe Housing and UrbanDevelopment Department videSRO-391 dated September 20,2017 in exercise of the powersconferred by Section 3 of theJammu and Kashmir Civic Laws(Special Provisions) Act, 2014.However, the GeneralAdministration Department wassoft-paddling on framing of

Empowered Committees, whichotherwise are supposed to playvital role in the implementationof the policy.

The dilly-dallyingapproach was exclusivelyhighlighted by EXCELSIORin its edition dated October 24mentioning that delay in fram-ing of EmpoweredCommittees by the GeneralAdministration Departmentwas creating hurdles in imple-mentation of the policy.

The Commissioner/Secretary to the Government,General AdministrationDepartment Khurshid Ahmadtoday issued Order No.1376framing three EmpoweredCommittees---one each forJammu City, Srinagar City and

Katra town.As per the order, Divisional

Commissioner Jammu is the chair-man of the Empowered Committeefor Jammu city with Vice-ChairmanJammu Development Authority,Chief Engineer R&D, ChiefEngineer, Irrigation and FloodControl, Deputy Commissioners ofJammu and Samba, Commissionerof Jammu Municipal Corporationand Chief Town Planner, TownPlanning Organization Jammu as itsmembers.

Similarly, DivisionalCommissioner Kashmir is thechairman of the EmpoweredCommittee for Srinagar citywith VC SDA, VC Lakes andWaterways DevelopmentAuthority, Chief Engineer R&B,

Scrutinization of unauthorisedconstructions in Jammu, Srinagar, Katra

Suhail BhatSRINAGAR, Oct 26: In the

uplands of Pulwama district inSouth Kashmir, two dams atKarpora and Tujan are lyingabandoned for last threedecades owing toGovernment's failure toresume the construction work.

The project has been cryingfor attention for decades but itscompletion has remained inabeyance. The locals allegedthat the project was started onlyto siphon off money from thepublic exchequer and was leftout soon after the money waswithdrawn for the work done."Everyone might have takentheir share otherwise how woulda project like this evade the eyeof authorities," a local said.

While explaining the impor-tance of the project, the localssaid with an aim to irrigate theKarewa lands of several villagesincluding Rahmo, Parigam,Newa and Wahibug, the con-struction work was started somethree decades ago, but the proj-ect turned out to be a big failure.

"Over the years the absenceof proper irrigation facilities forwhich it was constructed, thecrop production has dwindled.The dams would have beenproved beneficial during thedroughts," Ashiq Ahmad, a localsaid, adding that for last threeyears, different departmentshave conducted surveys severaltimes but to no avail.

The locals also said theland that was acquired by theGovernment for the project

has been encroached upon andthe farmers, who have alreadybeen compensated, haveturned the site into denseorchards. "All machinery andraw material were looted byvested interests in nexus withsome employees who wereguarding the site," saidRehman, another resident ofRahmo village.

He, however, added thatalmost 90 percent of the con-struction work on the dam wascompleted in the early 90s butthe rest of the work was nevercompleted as the authoritiesabandoned the project after theoutbreak of militancy inKashmir. "I think it was theonly project which was aban-doned. We, however, have made

Twin dams in Pulwama lyingabandoned for 3 decades

Excelsior Correspondent

JAMMU, Oct 26: TheGovernment today issuedorders of promotion of 32Incharge Assistant ExecutiveEngineers as InchargeExecutive Engineers (X-Ens)and transfers and postings of88 Incharge ExecutiveEngineers in the PowerDevelopment Department.

Those promoted are- NeelKanwal Singh, Davinder SinghBedi, Anil Gupta, JatinderSingh, Meenakshi Razdan,Mushtaq Hussain Wani, SyedKhursheed Ahmed, MohdYousuf Malik, Yoginder Saproo,P D Singh Jamwal, SC Basnotra,Mohd Maqbool Lone, ShabirAhmed Sheikh, Ajaz AhmedKhan and Sanjeev Mohan-all the15 Degree holders.

Seventeen Diploma holders

promoted as Incharge X-Ensare- Niyaz Ahmed, Bilal AhmedWani, Mohd Arif Mughal,Jagdish Singh Rathore,Tassaduq Hussain Sheikh,Sukhdev Singh, Bodh RajKundal, Jagdish Lal, ReenaLadwal, Altaf Hussain, FerozAhmed Wani, Narotam Kumar,Rattan Lal, Gopal Singh, MohdShafi, Shamim Ahmed andAftab Ahmed.

Consequent upon the promo-tions, the Government hasissued orders of transfers/ post-ings of 88 Incharge ExecutiveEngineers.

Pankaj Gupta has been shift-ed from DCP office to JKPDC,Hilal Ahmed Sheikh from ED-ISrinagar to LDMT Sgr,Hamidullah Wani from ED-IIISgr to Survey Div Sgr, MohdAyub Khawaja from ED-IV Sgr

to JKPDC, Mohd Shafi Shahfrom ED Sumbal to EDAwantipora, Muzaffar JanMattoo from ED Awantipora toED Sumbal, Irshad Hussainfrom ED Shopian to ProjectWing Jammu, EPD Rajouri;Wali Mohd Mir from EDBijbehara to STD-II Sgr, GulzarAhmed Kuchey from EDPulwama to ED Shopian,Tundep Spalzang from ED Lehto STD Leh, Manzoor AhmedDar from STD-II Sgr to EDBijbehara, Nassarullah Jan fromSTD Sopore to STD Pulwama,Muzaffar Ahmed Lone fromSTD Pulwama to STDBijbehara, Farooq Ahmed Telifrom STD Kargil to EDBudgam, AK Gupta from ED-IJammu to Project Wing (EPD)Jammu, Ravinder Kumar

32 AEEs promoted; 88 X-Ensshifted, posted in PDD

Mohinder VermaJAMMU, Oct 26: In a

major decision aimed at pro-viding respite to the industri-alists, the State Governmenthas approved tax incentivesfor industry sector and adetailed notification specifyingthe eligibility and mode of dis-bursement will be issued innext few days. Moreover, theGovernment of India hasagreed to further extend non-tax incentives under IndustrialDevelopment Scheme forJammu and Kashmir till 2020.

Official sources toldEXCELSIOR that ever since theimplementation of Goods andService Tax (GST) in Jammuand Kashmir, serious concernwas being expressed by theindustrialists that after ExciseDuty ceased to exist under newtax regime, the exemptionsextended to them under the duty

will end and this would haveadverse impact on the industries.

The industrialists raised thisissue at different forums in theState Government and evensought the intervention of ChiefMinister Mehbooba Mufti.Finding the concern of theindustrialists as genuine, theDepartment of Industries andCommerce started putting pres-sure on the Finance Departmentfor granting tax incentives to theindustry sector under new taxregime.

After several rounds of dis-cussions, the FinanceDepartment prepared a proposaland placed the same before theState Cabinet, which on October23, 2017 held detailed delibera-tions on the same. Finally, theCabinet vide its DecisionNo.199/12/2017 put seal ofapproval on J&K GSTBudgetary Support Scheme.

"The Cabinet has decidedreimbursement of remaining42% of the Budgetary SupportScheme of the Union to theunits located in the State tillthe period the Union Schemeis valid", reads the DecisionNo.188/12/2017, the copy ofwhich is available withEXCELSIOR.

The Cabinet has also decidedreimbursement of 100% ofSGST paid by the eligible unitsafter utilization of input taxcredit and the FinanceDepartment has been asked toissue a detailed notificationspecifying the eligibility andmode of disbursement, which islikely in next some days.

Moreover, the Cabinet hasdirected the FinanceDepartment to consider mak-ing an allocation in the nextyear's budget to nullify theimpact of erstwhile CentralSales Tax (CST) for industriesin Jammu and Kashmir,sources informed.

It is pertinent to mentionhere that the Cabinet Committeeon Economic Affairs chaired byPrime Minister Narendra Modihad on August 16, 2017 givennod to the scheme for providingBudgetary Support under Goodsand Service Tax regime for theeligible industrial units locatedin J&K, Uttarakhand, HimachalPradesh and North EasternStates.

The Scheme has beenapproved for the period fromJuly 1, 2017 till March 31, 2027for such industrial units located

Govt approves tax incentives forindustry sector under new regime

Sanjeev PargalJAMMU, Oct 26: Union

Home Minister Rajnath Singhand Chief Minister MehboobaMufti today held high-levelreview of security situationand Prime Minister'sDevelopment Package(PMDP) for Jammu andKashmir and a way forward indialogue after the announce-ment of Dineshwar Sharma,retired Intelligence Bureau(IB) Director as Centre'sSpecial Representative onJammu and Kashmir.

Rajnath and Mehbooba alsohad one-on-one meeting afterthe meeting of security andPMDP review, which wasattended by top officials ofMinistry of Home Affairs(MHA) and Jammu andKashmir Government, in theUnion capital.

In the evening, DineshwarSharma met Mehbooba Mufti atKashmir House in New Delhifor about half an hour in whichthey were reported to have dis-cussed some modalities on initi-ating dialogue in Jammu andKashmir. Sharma has already

stated that he would be visitingJ&K after about eight to 10 daysfor initiating dialogue.

Sources said both of themwere reported to have discussedfacilitation of dialogue with var-ious stakeholders in Jammu andKashmir to carry forward theprocess initiated by the Centreby appointing DineshwarSharma as its SpecialRepresentative for talks on J&K.Significantly, Dineshwar hasbeen given the rank of Cabinet

Secretary and mandate to talk toanyone he wants to in the State.No time-frame has been fixedfor the dialogue.

After the meeting, Sharmasaid that the main focus of hisvisit will be engaging with theyouth and providing them with aplatform to air their views.

Sharma said that he will talkto all stakeholders in a bid toresolve the Kashmir imbroglio.

The Centre’s Special

Mehbooba meets Rajnath, Dineshwar;discusses dialogue process, PMDP

14 transferred inFinance DepttExcelsior CorrespondentJAMMU, Oct 26: Finance

Department today orderedtransfer and postings of 14 offi-cers.

According to the orderissued, Bharti Samyal, CAO, inthe office of Chief Engineer,System and Operations Jammuhas been transferred and postedas Joint Director J&K FundsOrganization Jammu, SukhwantKour Sasan, CAO District FundOffice Jammu has been trans-ferred and posted as CAO in theoffice of Chief Engineer,System and OperationsDepartment Jammu, ArchanaKumar, Chief Pay and AO, J&KSPDC Jammu has been trans-ferred and posted as CAPDirectorate of Social WelfareJammu and Ashu Behl, CAO,Northern Zonal AccountancyTraining Institute Jammu hasbeen transferred and posted as

HC for CCTVcameras inGulmarg

Excelsior CorrespondentSRINAGAR, Oct 26: The

High Court today directed forinstallation of CCTV camerason toll posts and check posts atGulmarg so that constructionmaterial and polythene do notenter within the limits of resort.

Court has been informed byAdvocate Tawheed AhmadSofi, who is Amicus Curie tothe PIL that despite ban, theconstruction is going on withinthe limits of resort as such theDivision Bench of Chief JusticeBadar Durrez Ahmad andJustice Ali Mohammad directedfor installation of CCTV cam-eras on toll posts and checkposts leading towards Skiiresort.

DB directed the CEO GDAto ensure that the cameras are

Vyas gets 3-month extension

Excelsior CorrespondentJAMMU, Oct 26: As exclu-

sively reported by the Excelsioryesterday, the CentreGovernment today approved 3-month extension in the servicesof Chief Secretary BB Vyasbeyond November 30.

An order to this effect wasissued today by the UnionMinistry of Personnel, PublicGrievances and Pensions.

Vyas, who is due to retire onNovember 30, would now have

Jain appointed Chairperson

of JKSWRRAExcelsior CorrespondentJAMMU, Oct 26:

Government has appointed IASofficer Parmod Jain asChairperson of Jammu andKashmir State Water ResourcesRegulatory Authority (JKSWR-RA).

The SRO-458 issued by theGovernment today reads: "Inexercise of the powers con-ferred by Section 139 of theJ&K Water Resources(Regulation and Management)Act, 2010, the Governmenthereby appoints the new

Guv promulgatesProperty DamageOrdinance

Excelsior CorrespondentSRINAGAR, Oct 26:

Governor N N Vohra has prom-ulgated "The Jammu andKashmir Public Property(Prevention of Damage)(Amendment) Ordinance, 2017"which amends the existing lawrelating to damage to publicproperty to more effectively dis-courage/ prevent the deleteriousactivities of individuals/ organi-zations which result in damageto public and private properties.

NIA raidsYousuf’s house

Excelsior CorrespondentSRINAGAR, Oct 26:

National Investigation Agency(NIA) today raided the house ofShahid Yousuf, son of Hizb ulMujahideen chief SyedSalahuddin, in Soibugh villageof Central Kashmir's Budgamdistrict.

An NIA team raided the res-idence of Shahid Yousuf around4:30 am and left after couple ofhours. They took some cellphones and a laptop along withthem during around two hoursraid.

Restrictions inparts of Srinagar,trains suspended

Excelsior CorrespondentSRINAGAR, Oct 26: Amid

call for shutdown by separatists,authorities have imposedrestrictions in parts of Srinagareven as Railways announced tosuspend its services in Kashmirfor Friday.

The Deputy CommissionerSrinagar has ordered impositionof restrictions within the juris-diction of police stationsNowhatta, MR Gunj, Khanyar,Rainawari, Safakadal, Maisuma

3 SEs Hydraulicpromoted as CEs

Excelsior CorrespondentSRINAGAR, Oct 26: The

Government today placed threeSuperintending Engineers(Hyd) as Incharge ChiefEngineers in the PHE, Irrigationand Flood Control department.

Ghulam Qadir Bhat, I/C SEHydraulic Circle Baramulla hasbeen placed as Incharge ChiefEngineer in JKSPDC against anavailable vacancy; JitenderKumar Sharma I/C SE HydCircle Kargil has been placed asin Chenab Valley PowerProjects Ltd while MirShahnawaz, I/C SE Hyd Circle,Anantnag has been placed asI/C Chief Engineer Irrigationand Flood Control, Kashmir.

INSIDE WEATHERSnag in Administration ...Page 6* By consensus not arbitrationPensioners to get insurance coverfrom next year ...Page 3HC sets-aside SSB notificationrelating to descriptivetest in Urdu ....Page 3Central, State-run schemesto constitute single corpus forreducing administrativecosts: Drabu ...Page 5Kashmiri know their leadersneed not any advice: Soz ...Page 7Gujarat thrashes J&K byinnings & 64 runs ...Page 12

JAMMU : Mainly dry.

TEMPERATUREMax: 30.6 Degree C Min: 16.7 Degree C

RELATIVE HUMIDITYRH-I (Morning): 64.0 per centRH-II (Evening): 54.0 per centSunset on Friday: 05.47 p.m.Sunrise on Saturday: 06.46 a.m.

SRINAGAR:Mainly dry.

TEMPERATUREMax: 23.6 Degree C Min: 2.6 Degree C

RELATIVE HUMIDITYRH-I (Morning): 73.0 per centRH-II (Evening): 47.0 per cent

LEH: TEMPERATURE

Max: 15.9 Degree C Min: -5.2 Degree C

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Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh chairing a meeting onthe development projects in Jammu and Kashmir, in New Delhion Thursday along with Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti.

Directions issuedfor nullifyingimpact of erstwhile CST

GoI agrees to further extend non-tax incentives till 2020

Govt frames Empowered Committees

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Ducks and Geese rest on the banks of Dal lake in Srinagar. -Excelsior/Shakeel

MHA, J&K top officials review situation

Roads, power, health to get priority

Dr Jitendra, Nirmal accuse Oppn of misleadingpeople on Maharaja’s holiday, talks

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4 injured in twogrenade attacks

Excelsior CorrespondentSRINAGAR, Oct 26:

Militants today carried out twogrenade attacks on Police andCentral Reserve Police Force(CRPF) in Kulgam and Tralareas of South Kashmir injuringfour persons including threesecurity men.

Militants attacked the policestation with a grenade at around4.30 resulting in injuries to twocops and a civilian at DH Porain Kulgam district.

BJP national vice president, Avinash Rai Khanna and Union Minister Dr Jitendra Singh dur-ing Accession Day rally at Jammu on Thursday. Another pic on page 11. -Excelsior/Rakesh

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