Srinagar, Dec. 16 -- The government on Monday terminated the services of 103 appointees in the Fire and Emergency Services Department after an Anti-Corruption Bureau investigation established that their recruitment was illegal and fraudulently manipulated. According to Government Order No. 608-Home of 2025, issued by the Home Department, the appointments made during the 2020 recruitment process for Firemen and Fireman Drivers were declared illegal, void ab initio, and cancelled with immediate effect .The action follows the findings of an Inquiry Committee constituted in 2022, which examined allegations of paper leakage, tampering of OMR sheets, manipulation of merit lists and other irregularities in the selection process.According to the ...