Govt Business Rules Of Erstwhile J And K To Apply To UT

Hours after taking over as the first Lt Governor of Jammu and Kashmir Union Territory, G.C. Murmu on Thursday issued an order, saying the provisions of government business rules applicable to the erstwhile state will continue to apply to the UT.
He issued the directive while exercising the powers conferred by section 55 of the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Act, 2019, read with the Presidential Order.

The order said “the provisions of the Jammu and Kashmir Government Business Rules which were applicable to the erstwhile State of Jammu and Kashmir shall apply to the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir for transaction of Government Business subject to the modification that any reference to the Governor and Chief Minister shall be construed as reference to Lieutenant Governor of the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir..”

This order shall be deemed to have come into force with effect from October 31, 2019.

The state of Jammu and Kashmir ceased to exist from the midnight of Thursday and it was bifurcated into two Union Territories of Jammu and Kashmir, and Ladakh.