New Delhi: A day earlier than the top of its time period, the three-member Delimitation Commission on Jammu and Kashmir on Thursday signed its closing order associated with the re-scheduling of meeting seats within the Union Territory. The officers supplied this data. A duplicate of this order and a report might be submitted to the federal government, which can include particulars of the variety of constituencies and their dimension. Thereafter the order might be issued by way of a gazetted notification. The Commission headed by Justice (Retd) Ranjana Desai has proposed to extend the variety of seats within the Union Territory from 83 to 90. Apart from this, there are 24 seats in Pakistan Occupied Kashmir (PoK), that are all the time vacant.
The panel, constituted by the Center in March 2020, is headed by former Supreme Court Justice Ranjana Prakash Desai and contains Chief Election Commissioner Sushil Chandra and Deputy Election Commissioner Chandra Bhushan Kumar, State Election Commissioner (SEC) KK Sharma, and Chief Electoral Officer Hridesh. Huh. In February, the tenure of the fee was once more prolonged by two months. Earlier its time period was to finish on March 6. Last yr, the fee was given an extension of 1 yr.
Proposal of 9 seats for Scheduled Tribes
For the primary time, 9 seats have been proposed for Scheduled Tribes. The fee has additionally proposed six seats for Jammu and one further seat for Kashmir. Till now there are 46 seats within the Kashmir division and 37 seats within the Jammu division. The choice is important as solely after the delimitation is over, the proposed elections might be held in Jammu and Kashmir, which has been without an elected authority since June 2018. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has promised restoration of the area’s statehood after the elections.
