Annual Darbar move: Offices in Jammu to close on June 26, reopen in Srinagar on July 6

Offices observing a six-day week shall close on June 27

Darbar move offices will formally open in Srinagar, the summer capital, next month, as per an order issued on Monday night. Offices in Jammu will close on June 26 and reopen in Srinagar on July 6.

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Ordinarily, the offices open in the month of May, however this year due to the Covid-19 crisis, the annual darbar move was delayed.

“In continuation to previous orders and in view of the extent and spread of Covid-19 in the Union territory of Jammu and Kashmir, the Darbar move offices for the summer session will formally open at Srinagar on July 6. 2020 (Monday) at 9:30am,” reads the order.

The order states that offices observing a five-day week will close in Jammu on June 26 (Friday) after the office hours and the offices observing a six-day week shall close on June 2(Saturday) after office hours to facilitate packing of records and equipment.

As per a government spokesperson the civil secretariat will continue to function at both Jammu and Srinagar and the move employees shall work on “as is where is” basis, which means Kashmir-based staff shall work from the Srinagar Secretariat and Jammu-based staff shall work from the Jammu Secretariat.

“The move offices outside the Civil Secretariat shall also continue to remain functional both at Jammu as well as Srinagar. All departments will function from both locations, for which the administrative secretaries will make necessary arrangements, especially at the senior staff level, to ensure functionality in their respective departments, both at Jammu and Srinagar,” the spokesperson said.

The Civil Secretariat Treasury and J&K Bank Moving Branch at the Civil Secretariat shall be functional at both the places within the Civil Secretariats.