SRINAGAR: The Jammu and Kashmir Government has sanctioned the Non-Functional Selection Grade (NFSG) in favour of 181 Junior Scale officers of the Jammu and Kashmir Administrative Service (JKAS), with the benefit taking effect from different dates between April 29, 2016, and January 6, 2026.
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The General Administration Department (GAD), through Government Order No. 1790-JK(GAD) of 2026, dated November 13, has approved the Selection Grade in Pay Level 10A, carrying a pay scale of Rs 56,600–1,79,800, for officers belonging to the 2011, 2012-II, 2013, 2015, 2018 and 2019 batches.
The order specifies individual effective dates for all 181 officers, with the largest group comprising 149 members of the 2019 batch. The benefit has been granted on a non-functional basis and does not constitute an order of promotion to higher posts.
According to the government order, six officers from the 2011, 2012-II, 2013 and 2015 batches have been granted the benefit with effect from dates ranging from April 29, 2016, to January 1, 2021.
Indra Thakur (2011 batch) has been granted the grade with effect from April 29, 2016, while Ranjeet Singh and Delex Nambgyal, both belonging to the 2012-II batch, have been granted it from April 25, 2018.
Sushil Khajuria of the 2013 batch has been granted the benefit from January 1, 2019. Mohammad Iqbal Mir and Iftakhar Ahmed, both from the 2015 batch, have been granted it with effect from August 7, 2020, and January 1, 2021, respectively.
A total of 26 officers of the 2018 batch have been granted the Selection Grade with effect from February 21, 2023.
The 2018 batch officers covered by the order are Anjum Bashir Khan Khattak, Aliya Tabassum, Fareed Ahmad, Kashyp Neeha Pandita, Imtiyaz Amin Naik, Dhruv Gupta, Nirbhay Sharma, Pankaj Singh, Irtiza Jeelani, Mohammad Altaf Ganie, Samridhi Sharma, Afshan Hamal, Sobia Fatima, Varun Kumar Choudhary, Azhar Amin, Sajad Ahmad Bhat, Aamir Bashir Runyal, Ibrar Hussain, Muzzaffar Ahmad Malik, Mohd Toqeer, Ayaz Ahmad, Sheetal, Sadia Ahmed, Shivani Gotra, Shahbaz and Maqbool Ahmed.
2019 batch: 149 officers covered
The largest group comprises 149 officers of the 2019 batch. Of these, 68 have been granted the Selection Grade with effect from September 13, 2024.
The officers in this group are Roopali Arora, Shakeeb Arsallan, Mir Tajamul, Mohib Ali Bukhari, Akshar Kotwal, Tanvi Gupta (daughter of Makhan Lal Gupta), Anjali Gandotra, Sonika Sudan, Syed Muiz Qadri, Suresh Singh, Aparna Sharma, Supinder Kour, Basharat Mahmood, Fatima, Komal Sharma, Rouf Ahmad Lone, Niamatullah Sheikh, Kannu Mangotra, Malik Aasif Ahmad, Radhika Sohan, Sameer Ahmad Dar, Anu Sharma, Asha Kumari Sharma, Mohd Tahir, Vipan Kumar, Sheikh Ansar Hussain, Mayank Sharma, Manik Singh Rathore, Kanav Mahajan, Ridhima Sharma, Misbah Arjumand, Showkat Ahmad Bhat, Sahil Randhawa, Adnan Tariq, Mohd Iqbal Zargar, Zeeshan Khan, Monika Sharma, Sheetal Choudhary, Sayima Rukhsar, Amandeep Singh, Sayed Mazhar Ali Jafri, Roohi Khajuria, Anis Ahmed Wani, Sonia Khajuria, Raman Jandyal, Priyanka Gupta, Umer Bashir, Syed Eyad Qadri, Siddarth Dubey, Anjana Sudan, Tamana Seth, Sofia Akhter, Iqra Syed, Nisha Rani, Saqib Murtaza, Karanjeet Singh, Amit Kumar, Sumit Kohli, Ankit Gupta, Sahil Mahajan, Ranjeet Kour, Noreen Choudhary, Anurag Sharma, Peunika Marwaha, Zahid Rashid, Jatinder Pal Singh, Alka Misra and Sandeep Singh.
Another 57 officers of the 2019 batch have been granted the benefit with effect from January 1, 2025.
They include Aarti, Deepika Sharma, Amjad Hussain Keen, Nowshad Anjum Mir, Adnan Nazir, Rupali Jasrotia, Sushant Mahajan, Santosh Kumar, Manjeet Singh, Shruti Sharma, Jahid Azad, Shivani Deonia, Manoj Kumar, Pardeep Kumar Shan, Aafreen Wahid Ganai, Priyanka Sharma, Shakeel Ahmed, Anil Kumar, Kanika Gupta, Aabida Nabi, Sakshi Mahajan, Neeraj Kumar Bhargav, Nishtha Nayyar, Irfan Ul Ashaq, Namrita Bhan, Aflaq Ahmed, Naser Javiad, Malika Raina, Sheikh Attar, Sachin Sharma, Bashir Ahmad Malik, Shashank Padha, Abhimanyu Singh, Mohd Ismail Ganie, Sonabar Altaf, Uttam Singh Palsar, Sachin, Imtisaal Rasool, Rahul Sharma (son of Devinder Kumar), Ashfaq Hussain, Chander Mohini, Rahul Sharma (son of Updesh Lal), Arifa Iqbal Lone, Sandeep Kour, Ubaid Ul Khazir, Hidaitullah Mir, Ankush Tripathi, Amir Suhail, Imtiyaz Ahmad Lone, Shakil Ahmad Bhat, Ajay Singh, Hemant Vaid, Mahnaz Chishti, Mohd Maroof, Swati Gupta, Jagdeep Singh and Shakil Ahmed.
The remaining 24 officers of the 2019 batch have also been covered under the order. Of these, 23 have been granted the Selection Grade with effect from January 1, 2026. They are Khaild Zaffar, Aashna, Maneet, Gulzar Bin Rehman, Zamir Ali Ganaie, Monish Kumar, Rubia Afroz Inqalabi, Ravi Kumar, Samina Khatoon, Ishtiaq Ahmad, Ankush Sharma, Adil Shabir, Sahil Verma, Nasir Ahmed, Varnika Raj, Bibi Rehana Kazmi, Deachen Chondol, Sahir Majeed, Pankaj Sharma, Tasleem Javaid, Monika Sambyal, Junaid Amin Bhat and Himat Kumar Raina.
Mohd Aurif Wagay, also belonging to the 2019 batch, has been granted the benefit separately with effect from January 6, 2026.