Darbar Move From Srinagar To Jammu To Take Place As Usual, But Without Ladakh theprint.in

Officials of the Jammu & Kashmir administration will begin relocating to the winter capital from 26 October as part of the annual Darbar Move exercise. The Srinagar secretariat, also known as the summer secretariat, will shut operations on 26 October. The winter secretariat in Jammu will begin functioning from 4 November. The Darbar Move is an annual tradition under which officials shift from the state’s summer capital Srinagar to Jammu for a period of six months.

This year, however, will be the first time that officials and departments dealing with Ladakh affairs will not move along with their counterparts. “Like each year, the Darbar Move is taking place as per the schedule. There is no major difference in the modus albeit one, which is the Ladakh division. Officials from different departments responsible for Ladakh affairs will be moving to the newly created Union Territory,” a senior government official who did not wish to be named. “Similarly, the Ladakh division of the Jammu and Kashmir government, which pertains to general administration, will be separated from J&K administration and shifted to the newly created Union Territory,” the official added.