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Update: Students' Body Asks the LG to Seek Age Relaxation in J&K Bank's 1,356-Post Recruitment

The J&K Students Association has written to the Lieutenant Governor about the 30-year age limit. The Bank and the LG's office had not responded in the report we read.

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Update: Students' Body Asks the LG to Seek Age Relaxation in J&K Bank's 1,356-Post RecruitmentImage Source: Paul La Porte / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0) — file photo of Jammu

The story so far. J&K Bank has opened 1,356 posts for J&K domiciles: 1,033 Banking Associates and 323 Probationary Officers, with applications closing on 26 November. Our original report has the details.

What's new

The J&K Students Association (JKSA), through national spokesperson Dr Zubair Reshi, has written to Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha asking him to intervene with the Bank's management and seek an age relaxation, Greater Kashmir reported on 9 November.

  • The notification sets an upper age limit of 30.

  • JKSA says the limit excludes "thousands of eligible aspirants".

  • It also called the recruitment, after a gap of nearly six years, a "welcome development".

Where it stands

The report carries no response from the Bank or the LG's office, so no relaxation has been announced. Candidates should apply against the age rules in the official notification; do not assume a relaxation. The closing date stays 26 November unless the Bank notifies otherwise.

Source: Greater Kashmir. Photo: file photo of Jammu.

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