Govt. Amends J&K Panchayati Raj Rules for Setting up District Development Councils
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Jammu, October 17: The Government of India has amended Jammu & Kashmir’s Panchayati Raj law -1989 for the establishment of district development councils for which every district will be divided into 14 territorial constituencies to elect members of the body.
The government today amended J&K Panchayati Raj Rules, 1996, to provide for the establishment of elected District Development Councils in J&K. The move to have elected the third tier of Panchayati Raj institution marks the implementation of the entire 73rd Amendment Act in J&K.
As per reports, Govt amends J&K Panchayati Raj Rules; provides for setting up of District Development Councils, delimitation of their constituencies & their elections; DDCs to be divided into 14 constituencies/district.
The District Development Council shall consist of the directly elected members from territorial constituencies in the district, members of the Legislative Assembly representing a part or whole of the district whose constituencies lie within the district, and the Chairperson of all Block Development Councils of the district.
All members of the District Development Council, whether or not elected by direct election from territorial constituencies in the district shall have the right to vote in the meeting of the District Development Council.
DDCs shall comprise of All directly elected members from territorial constituencies in the District, MLAs representing a part or whole of the District, Chairpersons of BDCs and Addl District Dev Comm of the District to be the CEO of DDC
Reservations for SC, ST and women have also been kept in the seats to be filled by direct election to the District Development Councils.
