Years after Jammu and Kashmir Bank announced a major recruitment drive to fill 1,356 vacant posts of probationary officers (PO) and banking associates, students across J&K are demanding an increase in the upper age limit to 40 years for open merit candidates, instead of the 30 years set by the bank.
Our youth have become ‘over aged’ for recruitments. In a letter written to the LG, JKSA expressed serious concern over the upper age limit prescribed in J&K Bank’s latest recruitment notification. The association has urged the LG to intervene and take up the matter with the J&K Bank management and other competent authorities in the larger interest of J&K’s educated unemployed youth.
Last week, J&K Bank, which is the Union territory’s biggest bank, announced recruitment for 1,356 probationary officer and banking associate posts, with the recruitment process starting on November 7. The vacancies include 323 posts for probationary officers and 1,033 posts for banking associates, with 30 years as the upper age limit for open merit and economically weaker section (EWS) candidates. The age limit of 30 years is very less and it should be 40 years. The association particularly highlighted that the upper age limit for PO posts in the previous J&K Bank recruitment was 32 years, whereas the latest notification has reduced it to 30 years.
Firdous, while talking to media on the sidelines of an official function, said, “As we know that there has been no major recruitment in the past years in J&K-neither by J&K Bank or by any other place. She said she will raise the issue with J&K chief minister Omar Abdullah. “This reduction, coupled with the nearly six-year gap since the previous recruitment cycle, has further compounded the difficulties of aspirants who have lost valuable years waiting for fresh employment opportunities,” the association said.
