Arshid Ali
Srinagar, Sept 01: In a significant move aimed at strengthening health services across Jammu and Kashmir, the Mission Director, National Health Mission (NHM), J&K, has ordered the cancellation of all attachments of employees working under NHM at various health facilities and institutions.
The order notes that many employees under NHM had been attached or deployed by Chief Medical Officers (CMOs), Block Medical Officers (BMOs), or other controlling officers from time to time. However, the directive stresses that there is no transfer policy for contractual employees hired under NHM, except under exceptional circumstances approved by competent authority.
“In view of the prevailing situation in the Union Territory and to ensure better health care services to the general public, the staff attached at various institutions/health facilities/offices need to be reverted back immediately to their original place of postings,” the order reads.
The directive further instructs all concerned CMOs, BMOs, Zonal Medical Officers, and controlling officers to cancel such attachments with immediate effect and ensure employees report back to their original postings without fail. A compliance report has been sought by September 1, 2025.
In addition, District Accounts Managers under NHM have been directed not to draw the salaries of any employee attached in violation of this order.
Mission Director NHM J&K, Baseer Ul Haq Chaudhary, IAS, who issued the order, emphasized that the move is intended to restore the health facilities and ensure uninterrupted healthcare delivery to the people of the Union Territory.
