For 135 years Urdu has been the backbone of revenue administration in Jammu & Kashmir, every Jamabandi, every Girdawari, every land record written in it. JKSSB’s own official notification mandated Graduation with knowledge of Urdu for Naib Tehsildar till last year . It wasn’t arbitrary, it was history, it was functionality, it was identity. Then came a notification yesterday in which they said Urdu jaaye Baad mai.
Thank you Omar Sahaab for this wonderful gift.