Excelsior Correspondent
LEH, Sept 12: Lieutenant Governor of Ladakh, Brig (Retired) BD Mishra, today appointed a Common Election Commissioner already appointed for four Union Territories as the State Election Commissioner (SEC) for the conduct of Panchayat polls in the Union Territory of Ladakh.
The SEC so appointed shall be responsible for the superintendence, direction and control of the preparation of electoral rolls, and for the conduct of all elections to the Panchayats in the UT of Ladakh under the provision of the Jammu and Kashmir Panchayati Raj Act, 1989.
A notification issued in this regard read, “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 number 34 of 2019), the LG of Union Territory of Ladakh is pleased to appoint Common Election Commissioner appointed for the UTs of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, and Lakshadweep as SEC for the conduct of all elections to the Panchayats in the UT of Ladakh under the provisions of the Jammu and Kashmir Panchayati Raj Act, 1989 (Act no. IX of 1989).”
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