Excelsior Correspondent
SRINAGAR, Feb 16: The Jammu and Kashmir All Departments Clerical Staff Association (Ministerial Federation), delegation headed by Jeelani Naik, president, and Gurmeet Singh, Provincial president, met with the Divisional Commissioner, Kashmir and the Divisional Commissioner, Jammu today and lodged a strong condemnation/ urgent formal complaint against Sajjad Ahmed, Principal, Higher Secondary School (HSS) Doongi, Rajouri, for his highly unprofessional, derogatory, humiliating, and unlawful conduct exhibited during a farewell function organized at the school premises on Feb 11, 2026 in response, both the officers assured the delegation for appropriate course of action under rules.
Jeelani Naik, said that the derogatory and humiliating remarks passed by Sajjad Ahmed have has deeply hurt the sentiments and self-respect of thousands of clerical cadre employees across the UT and seriously damaged the dignity, reputation, and morale of the entire clerical fraternity. It has also created an atmosphere of humiliation before students, teaching staff, and the general public; and set a dangerous and unacceptable precedent whereby senior officials feel emboldened to publicly insult and demean their subordinate colleagues.
Gurmeet Singh, Provincial president, JKADCSA stated that such public humiliation and vilification of a particular cadre is fundamentally against the principles of service conduct rules, mutual respect, administrative ethics, natural justice, and workplace dignity. Educational institutions, in particular, are meant to be temples of learning, discipline, harmony, and mutual respect not platforms for creating hatred, discrimination, division, and animosity among different categories of employees. The conduct of Sajjad Ahmed constitutes gross misconduct and is in flagrant and willful violation of the Rule 3 and 7 of J&K Employees Conduct Rules, Rule 5 of CCA Rules.
Senior leaders Nazir Ahmad Bhat, Ashish Sharma, Mir Muzaffar, Umar Jan Bhat, Mohd Ashraf Khan, Jagdesh Thakur, Asim Habib, Mohd Rafiq, Zubir Ahmad, Tufail Nazir and others have urged the government for immediate and strict action as the sentiments and self-respect of the entire clerical fraternity across the Union Territory of Jammu & Kashmir have been deeply hurt.
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