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  • PDP MLA from Kupwara, Fayaz Ahmad Mir, has submitted a Private Member’s Bill seeking a complete ban on liquor in Jammu and Kashmir.
  • The bill, set to be introduced in the upcoming budget session of the J&K Assembly, proposes prohibition on the advertisement, sale, purchase, consumption, and manufacture of alcoholic beverages in the Union Territory.
  • Mir warned that the rising alcohol consumption poses a serious threat to society, stressing the need for strict legislation to curb the trend. The bill also proposes harsh penalties, including imprisonment and fines, for violations.
order, No. 155-PW (R&B) of 2025, dated May 13, 2025, regarding the placement of several In-charge Executive Engineers (Civil) as In-charge Superintending Engineers.

Engineers Placed as In-charge Superintending Engineers in J&K Public Works (R&B) Department

Published on May 14, 2025

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The Government of Jammu and Kashmir’s Public Works (R&B) Department has issued an order, No. 155-PW (R&B) of 2025, dated May 13, 2025, regarding the placement of several In-charge Executive Engineers (Civil) as In-charge Superintending Engineers.

Ten engineers have been placed in this new role, in their own pay and grade: Er. Purshotam Kumar, Er. Arun Gupta, Er. Iram Lone, Er. Tatheer Manzoor, Er. Aruj Allaqaband, Er. Sajad Ali Bhat, Er. Shabir Ahmad Kumar, Er. Bharat Gupta, Er. Ashfaq Ahmad Dar, and Er. Shwetanki Sharma.

This placement is subject to conditions, including that it does not confer any preferential right for substantive promotion until posts are filled through the due DPC/JKPSC process, and it is also subject to any superior claims from left-out eligible engineers and the outcome of any pending writ petitions.
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Following these placements, several postings have also been ordered with immediate effect. For example, Er. Tilak Raj has been transferred and posted as In-charge Superintending Engineer, Public Works (R&B) Circle Doda, and Er. Ashfaq Ahmad Dar has been posted as In-charge Superintending Engineer, Public Works (R&B) Circle Pulwama-Shopian. Er. Shwetanki Sharma has been posted as In-charge Superintending Engineer, DIQC, J&K.

The order was issued by Bhupinder Kumar, IAS, Secretary to the Government of Jammu and Kashmir, Public Works (R&B) Department.

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  • Bill Seeking Ban on Alcohol in J&K to be Introduced in Assembly
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  • Mir warned that the rising alcohol consumption poses a serious threat to society, stressing the need for strict legislation to curb the trend. The bill also proposes harsh penalties, including imprisonment and fines, for violations.