J&K may act against staff for Jamaat, JKLF links

SRINAGAR: The Jammu and Kashmir government on Tuesday warned its employees of action if found in any manner associated with Jamaat-e-Islami or Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) declared as unlawful associations by the Union home ministry recently.

It said that association or participation, direct or indirect, of any government employee with these organizations will attract the provisions of the Jammu and Kashmir Government Employees (Conduct) Rules, 1971. “All government employees should desist from associating, directly or indirectly, with these unlawful associations in any manner whatsoever and those associated, if any, directly or indirectly, are advised to dissociate themselves forthwith failing which there will be administrative consequences,” a circular issued by the government said.

The state’s general administrative department has asked the administrative secretaries, heads of the departments, managing directors and deputy commissioner to bring this to the notice of all concerned.

The order added that the Central government has through two separate notifications issued recently declared Jamaat-e-Islami, Jammu and Kashmir and JKLF (Yasin Malik faction) as “unlawful associations” under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967.

“Pursuant to this, the J&K (home department) has issued the required notifications to give effect to the notifications of the Central government and authorized district magistrates and police officers to take necessary action,” it said.