Jammu Tawi, April 8 -- The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) has flagged serious lapses in human resource management at the University of Jammu, highlighting irregular appointments, staff shortages and lack of transparent recruitment policies.

It strongly recommended a well-defined and fair recruitment policy, and the formulation of comprehensive recruitment rules.

The CAG said the university's human resource management was inefficient, marked by irregular appointments, premature and undue promotions, and deviations from prescribed norms.

"Against a sanctioned strength of 387 teachers, only 240 regular teachers (62 per cent) were available as of March 2022," said the CAG report on Union Territory Finances for the year ended March 31,...