Overview

• An RTI reply confirms JKSSB received Rs 6,43,28,400 in application fees on June 9 for 75 Naib Tehsildar vacancies.
• The board deferred the hiring after the Central Administrative Tribunal, Jammu, on July 14 stayed the 2009 rule mandating Urdu proficiency.
• JKSSB declined to reveal the exact number of applications until the selection process concludes.
• Based on fee rates, RTI applicant Raman Kumar Sharma estimates that more than one lakh candidates applied.
• The language criterion has drawn political pushback, with the BJP seeking its withdrawal, Omar Abdullah defending it for administrative reasons, and Mehbooba Mufti criticizing the CAT order.