Says 438 families given job letter since 2025
Vows to dismantle terror ecosystem
Assures justice for every affected family
Jammu, Mar 23: Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Monday handed over appointment letters to 37 next of kin of terrorism victims at the Convention Centre in Jammu, pledging strongest action against the terror ecosystem and vowing that justice would reach every affected family.
Appointment letters were also handed over to 29 next of kin of government employees who lost their lives in service, and to beneficiaries under age relaxation cases, under the Jammu and Kashmir Rehabilitation Assistance Scheme-2022 and SRO 43.
Paying tribute to the victims of terrorism, the Lieutenant Governor said justice to terror victim families goes beyond punishment and extends to healing wounds and restoring dignity.
“I pledge to the families of terror victims that we will work with full commitment to secure their dignified and honourable lives. We will discharge every duty towards them with utmost seriousness, and we will not rest until justice reaches every family,” he said.
The Lieutenant Governor said that terror victim families had remained forgotten for decades and were let down by the very system meant to protect them. “I do not see this merely as an administrative lapse — it was a civilisational failure of that time,” he said, adding that elements of the terror ecosystem had harassed these families while those linked to terror were turned into beneficiaries.
He announced that those who infiltrated government machinery as part of the terror ecosystem will face the law and be systematically removed from service, while terror victim families will be given government jobs to restore their economic and social dignity.
“Those directly linked to terrorism are being dismissed from service, while decades-long neglected terror-victim families are being given government jobs to secure their economic and social dignity. I see this not merely as a policy correction, but as a new moral declaration for a new Jammu Kashmir,” he said.
The Lieutenant Governor issued a stern warning to remaining elements of the terror network, saying their era is over. “The people of Jammu Kashmir know fully well who shielded such terror elements, but that shield is now crumbling. I warn them that there is no longer any safe haven in Jammu Kashmir for terrorists or the networks that support them,” he said.
The event was attended by Principal Secretary to the LG Dr Mandeep K. Bhandari, Commissioner Secretary GAD M. Raju, Divisional Commissioner Jammu Ramesh Kumar, Deputy Commissioner Jammu Dr Rakesh Minhas, senior officials, members of social organisations, and family members of terrorism victims.
