LEH, Sep 23: Today is the Sweating-in ceremony of former IAS Officer of erstwhile Jammu and Kashmir cadre, Sudanshu Pandey as State Election Commissioner of Ladakh.
Lieutenant Governor of Ladakh Union Territory has appointed the Common Election Commissioner of Union Territories as State Election Commissioner for conducting Panchayat polls in the Union Territory.
The Lieutenant Governor of Ladakh has appointed the Common Election Commissioner for the Union territories of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu and Lakshadweep as State Election Commissioner for Panchayats in the union territory of Ladakh.
“In exercise of the powers conferred by clause (1) of article 243K and article 243L of the Constitution of India and section 98 of the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganization Act, 2019 (Act No. 34 of 2019), the Lieutenant Governor of Ladakh is pleased to appoint common Election Commissioner appointed for the Union territories of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu and Lakshadweep as State Election Commissioner for the superintendence, direction and control of the preparation of electoral rolls for, and the conduct of, all elections to the Panchayats in the union territory of Ladakh under the provisions of the Jammu & Kashmir Panchayati Raj Act, 1989 (Act No. IX of 1989),” reads a notification issued by administration of Ladakh UT, as per order copy with Cross Town News.
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