Examiner Bureau | Srinagar:
The Jammu and Kashmir Government has sanctioned the Non-Functional Pay Scale (NFPS) of Level-10A (Rs 56,600–1,79,800) for 35 Junior Scale Accounts Officers, including eight retired officers and one official who has since passed away.
The decision was issued by the Finance Department through Government Order No. 6-F of 2026 dated August 25, following recommendations of the Selection Committee at its meeting held on August 3.
According to the order, the financial benefit will be admissible to the officers from the respective dates of eligibility specified against their names in the annexure.
Among the officers covered under the sanction are Umakant Khajuria, Javed Ahmad Tantray, Shah Basharat Ahmad, Amarjit Singh Sandhu, Prediman Krishan Bhat, Mushtaq Ahmad Mir, Rajinder Kumar Bhat and Tariq Ahmad Khan, who are listed as retired officers.
The government has also extended the benefit to Gulzar Ahmed Sheikh, who has been listed as deceased in the order.
For the remaining officers, the NFPS has been sanctioned from dates ranging between September 13, 2024, and December 9, 2025. The earliest effective date mentioned in the government order is September 1, 2019.
The sanction follows the recommendations of the Selection Committee and is intended to extend the prescribed financial benefits to eligible officers from their respective dates, as determined under the applicable rules.
The order was issued by Shailendra Kumar, IAS, Financial Commissioner (Additional Chief Secretary), Finance Department, on behalf of the Jammu and Kashmir Government.
With the latest decision, the government has formally cleared the grant of the specified non-functional pay scale to the 35 officers, bringing their financial entitlements in line with the dates determined by the competent authority.
