Srinagar, March 25 -- Amid the cancellation of leaves of government employees owing to Lok Sabha elections, the Jammu and Kashmir government on Sunday instructed administrative civil and police officers to allow leaves for those employees intending to appear in JKAS mains exam 2023.

The general administration department(GAD) issued instructions to all the deputy commissioners, senior superintendents of police and respective department heads to grant leave to candidates intending to appear in the J&K Combined Competitive (Mains) Examination, 2023.

A communication by the deputy secretary to government to DCs, SSPs and HoDs stated that they received representations from various in-service candidates who are not being granted leave to appea...