14/06/2014
J K MEDIA FEDERATION SERVES LEGAL NOTICE TO GOVERNMENT
Members vowed to fight the corruption, favoritism and nepotism in the state information department
Srinagar June-14,2014 : Jammu Kashmir Media Federation (JKMF) today served legal notice to the Jammu & Kashmir Government for its failure to conduct the routine Empanelment Committee meetings for the last two year. The legal notice served upon the Chief Minister, in-charge ministry of information, MOS information, principal secretary to government information department, Director Information, J&K Govt., Joint Directors & Deputy Directors of Information for Kashmir and Jammu divisions.
The JKMF through this legal notice has asked the Director of Information, the convener of the empanelment committee to schedule the empanelment committee meeting within 15 days from the date of this legal notice to empanel the eligible publications for the government advertisement support. The notice has further asked the department of information to compensate the financial losses suffered by these publications who were eligible for empanelment 2-3 years back.
The legal notice also has racked up the issue of empanelment of 4 daily newspapers through backdoor flouting all rules and norms prescribed in the state advertisement policy.