Jammu, July 15 -- The Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT), Jammu, has stayed Urdu language compulsion and ordered J&K Services Selection Board (JKSSB) to accept applications for the post of naib tehsildar from candidates who have graduation with knowledge of any of the five official languages enumerated in the Jammu and Kashmir Official Languages Act, 2020, which includes Hindi, Kashmiri, English, Dogri and Urdu.

The two members of the CAT, Jammu, Ram Mohan Johri and Rajinder Singh Dogra issued the order after careful perusal of a petition filed by aggrieved candidates.

The applicants, in the present petition, had sought a declaration that the Jammu and Kashmir Revenue (subordinate) Service Recruitment Rules of 2009, to the extent it ...