No end to sluggish approach in appointment of Ombudsmen under GoIâs flagship scheme *Latest panel too fails to complete exercise since July Mohinder Verma JAMMU, Dec 27: Incredible it may sound but it is a fact that even after framing of numerous committees of bureaucrats during the past over one decade, Ombudsmen under Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) could not be appointed in Jammu and Kashmir although the same have an important role to play in ensuring utmost transparency in the implementation of this flagship scheme. What to talk of committees framed by the successive Governments of erstwhile State of Jammu and Kashmir even the latest panel constituted by Union Territory administration has failed to complete the exercise despite lapse of several months as a result of which vital point of guidelines has remained unimplemented till date.