J&K Administration Orders Abolition of Legislative Council, Asks its Staff to Report to GAD news18.com

Ahead of the bifurcation of Jammu and Kashmir into two union territories later this month, the 62-year-old state legislative council came to an end with the state administration issuing orders for its abolition and asking its 116-member staff to report to the general department. The order was issued on Wednesday night, less than a fortnight before the state is split into two union territories — Ladakh and Jammu and Kashmir — on the midnight of October 31. According to the order, the 116-member staff of the council has been asked to report to the General Administration Department (GAD) by October 22. The Centre had on August 5 abrogated the provisions of Article 370 of the Constitution which granted special status to Jammu and Kashmir for residency and government jobs.

The order issued by secretary to the state government, Farooq Ahmad Lone, also directed transfer of all vehicles purchased from time to time to the director state motor garages and handing over of the building of the council along with furniture and electronic gadgets to the director estates.