Jammu, Sept. 15 -- Ladakh lieutenant governor VK Saxena has approved draft recruitment rules for 129 junior scale posts across 15 departments and services of the UT administration, opening new avenues for promotion and career progression for serving government employees, officials said.The proposed rules will provide a structured route for eligible officers serving in the feeder cadres to move to higher junior scale posts after completing the prescribed qualifying service. The proposed rules cover posts in the general administration, cooperative, employment, excise and taxation, consumer affairs and public distribution, handicrafts and handlooms, industries and commerce, information, labour, rural development, revenue, social welfare, tourism and transport departments. The rules have been framed following the recent amendment by the Union ministry of home affairs, empowering the L-G of Ladakh to frame rules for Group 'B' gazetted services/posts, including posts forming part of a common cadre such as JKAS. Earlier, such posts were outside the rule-making powers of the L-G. This development came after L-G Saxena, in July this year, personally raised the issue with the MHA, pointing out that regular promotions were delayed in the absence of the necessary recruitment rules. Saxena thanked Union home minister Amit Shah....