Citing safety, J&K units up power to behave in opposition to govt workers with out probe

The Jammu and Kashmir administration has arrange a Special Task Force (STF) to provoke motion in opposition to authorities staff suspected of actions in opposition to “security of the State”.
The order has been handed below provisions of Article 311(2) (C) of the Constitution that give the administration energy to terminate an worker with out constituting an inquiry in opposition to her or him on grounds of safety of the State.
“Sanction is hereby accorded to the constitution of a Special task Force… for identifying and scrutinizing cases of government employees, to initiate the process under Government Order No. 738-JK(GAD) of 2020 for action in terms of provisions of Article 311(2) (C) of the Constitution of India,” reads the order issued by the General Administration Department on Wednesday evening.
The order provides that the phrases of reference of the STF would come with compiling information of “employees suspected of activities requiring action under Article 311(2) (C)” to refer them to a committee constituted by the federal government, “to engage with other members of the Terror Monitoring Group for identifying such other employees”, and “to take assistance of other agencies and departments in this regard” as wanted.
While Article 311(2) says no authorities worker shall be dismissed or eliminated or “reduced in rank” besides after an inquiry, its sub-section C says this clause is not going to apply “where the President or the Governor, as the case may be, is satisfied that in the interest of the security of the State, it is not expedient to hold such inquiry”.

The STF could be headed by the J&K Additional Director General of Police, CID, and embody Inspectors General of Police, Kashmir and Jammu, a consultant of Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs, and a consultant of the division the worker belongs to.
The authorities order says the STF will “speedily scrutinize such cases in a time bound manner”.
Criticising the order, Communuist chief M Y Tarigami mentioned, “This is arbitrary, draconian and is against the interests of the lakhs of employees working in the region. There are already enough provisions in the law to take action against those employees found violating service rules. There was no need to issue a new order on that count.”
He mentioned the order can function a :”software for the federal government and bureaucrats to suppress their subordinates”. “Dismissing an employee or taking punitive action without holding an inquiry is against the principles of justice and basic rights,” Tarigami mentioned.