By: Ibni Maqbool
Srinagar: The Delimitation Commission is all set to issue final orders for determining boundaries of Assembly and Parliamentary segments of Jammu & Kashmir Union Territory.
The panel is expected to issue final delimitation orders anytime now as it concluded public sittings in Jammu & Kashmir on Tuesday. “The commission is expected to issue final orders soon. All the processes have been completed by the panel,” officials told The Precious Kashmir.
The commission held public sittings in Jammu and Srinagar respectively April 4 and 5 to hear objections/ suggestions filed by different parties over the draft delimitation report unveiled by it earlier for feedback.
According to officials, the panel’s orders order shall have the force of law and shall not be called in question in any court.
“Upon publication in the Gazette of India, every such order shall have the force of law and shall not be called in question in any court,” reads the law governing the delimitation process.
The delimitation commission was constituted on March 6, 2020 to redraw Assembly and Parliamentary segments of Jammu and Kashmir. It was set-up under The Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Act-2019.
In its draft report, the commission headed by former Supreme Court Judge Justice(retd.) Ranjana Desai has proposed to add six new seats to Jammu region and only one to Kashmir.
Out of 90 Assembly segments of J&K UT, the commission has proposed to reserve 16 seats- seven for scheduled castes and nine for scheduled tribes.
