Absorption of 145 Centaur hotel staffers approved

Jammu, January 22

The Administrative Council approved absorption of 145 permanent employees of the Centaur Lake View Hotel, Srinagar, in Sher-i-Kashmir International Convention Centre, Jammu and Kashmir Cable Car Corporation Ltd and Jammu and Kashmir Tourism Development Corporation Ltd, Srinagar, with effect from March 1, 2023 instead of May 22, 2023.

“This is in pursuance to the process of outsourcing of the assets of Tourism Department. Administrative Council in its decision dated 22-05-2023 had approved absorption of these employees with effect from 22-05-2023,” an official said.

The matter was examined by a high-powered committee constituted under the administrative mechanism for resolution of disputes by Department of Legal Affairs, Govt of India, and recommended by the committee constituted by GAD and also as per the concurrence of the Finance Department.

Centaur Lake View Hotel became the centre of attention following the abrogation of Article 370 and the division of J&K into two Union Territories on August 5, 2019. A significant number of regional political figures, including former J&K ministers and cabinet ministers, were lodged at the hotel, which was turned into a detention centre.