Srinagar: The J&K Government on Tuesday ordered constitution of an Internal Complaint Committee for female members of Jammu and Kashmir Administrative Service, J&K Secretariat (Gazetted) Service-I and J&K Secretariat (Gazetted) Service-II under Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013.
The members of the committee include Mandeep Kaur (IAS), Commissioner Secretary, Department of Rural Development and Panchayati Raj (Presiding Officer); Rehana Batul (IAS), Secretary, Public Grievances; Parveen Kumar (JKAS), Additional Secretary, Home Department; Representative of an NGO to be nominated by Social Welfare Department; and any other person co-opted by Presiding Officer Member, according to a government order.
The committee has been tasked with enquiring into complaints of sexual harassment against female members of Jammu and Kashmir Administrative Service (JKAS).
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