Overview

• The amount was disclosed in an RTI reply, which recorded ₹6,43,28,400 collected for the June 9 recruitment notice covering 75 vacancies.
• Each application cost ₹600 for general candidates and ₹500 for reserved categories, and the collections indicate over one lakh applications according to the RTI applicant.
• The JKSSB declined to reveal the exact number of applications, saying it would share counts only after the selection process concludes.
• The board deferred the hiring after the CAT Jammu bench on July 14 stayed the 2009 rule requiring graduation with knowledge of Urdu for the post.
• The eligibility clause drew BJP-led protests in the Jammu region, while Omar Abdullah defended the Urdu requirement and Mehbooba Mufti criticized the tribunal’s order.