With the Legislative Council employees locking from outside the office chamber of Secretary Legislative Council to protest the appointment of the newly appointed Secretary Legislative Council Ab Majeed Bhat, whom they say is an outsider and has been virtually denied the right to take over the charge from the present Secretary Legislative Council Mohammad Asraf Mir.
Meanwhile Chairman LC has endorsed the government decision on appointment of Bhat as Secretary and clarified that the continuing row over his appointment will be resolved on Monday.
Highly placed sourced told KNS that though the LC employees who locked from outside the office chamber of Secretary to deny him the right to take over the charge from the incumbent Mohammad Ashraf Mir resumed duties on Friday, but they did not unlock the office chamber of secretary Legislative Council to continue their protest against the appointment of an officer from outside the council secretariat as Secretary legislative council. It is in place to mention here that the present legislative council Mohammad Ashraf Mir who now holds the additional charge of the post in the capacity of occupying the full fledged charge as Secretary to Government Law department is also an officer from outside the council secretariat.Click Here To Follow Our WhatsApp ChannelInterestingly both Mir and Bhat belong to law department but not to the LC secretariat. Mir, the present Secretary to Government Law Department was appointed Secretary LC few years back when the then acting Chairman Legislative Council had opposed the appointment of another officer of the law department Mohammad Sayeed Shah as Secretary legislative council on the grounds that he was not consulted by the cabinet on the decision.
However Chairman LC Haji Anayat Ali told KNS: “Presently there are two additional secretaries in the legislative council secretariat but none of the them qualify for the post of Secretary for the reasons that they have been promoted only two months back. Government and as such the state cabinet is fully empowered to appoint Secretary LC as per the rules governing such appointment. I have talked to the minister concerned and others after hearing the aggrieved employees of the LC secretariat. The government order will be implemented on Monday and the row over the issue will automatically come to an end.”