Jammu, March 17: The J&K Government today granted another six months extension to Justice (Retd.) GD Sharma-led committee for submitting its final recommendations.

The panel has been granted another extension at a time when it is examining the issue of Reserved Backward Area reservation after submitting its recommendations on the inclusion of new tribes/ classes in Scheduled Tribes, Scheduled Castes and Social Castes(Weak and Unprivileged Classes) lists.

This is the third extension to the Commission after its constitution on March 19, 2020 by the Union Territory administration. order copy with CTN reads as:-