Excelsior Correspondent
Srinagar, Nov 11: Jammu and Kashmir High Court Bar Association (JKHCBA) has cancelled its yearly election and formed an ad hoc committee, days after authorities barred it from holding any polls until it clarified its position on terming Kashmir a disputed territory.
On Monday, Srinagar District Magistrate Shahid Choudhary had issued three notices to Bar Association asking it to explain its Constitution which terms Kashmir a disputed area.
Choudhary barred the Bar Association from holding any elections until it clarified its position and also asked them to submit relevant documents, including the article of the association and registration papers.
The Srinagar District Magistrate had also imposed prohibitory orders in the district court complex on view of elections as notified earlier by the Association.
Post the imposition of prohibition by the district administration preventing the JKHCBA from conducting polls for the year 2020-21, a meeting of the Bar Association’s general committee was conducted to deal with the situation arising out of the present situation as regards to conduct of the polls.
In the meeting it has been resolved to constitute an ad hoc committee till the conduct of the election.
The committee will comprise contesting candidates, election body and former elected body of the association which will be headed by advocate Nazir Ahmed Ronga as its convener or chairman, the secretary said.
He said post the constitution of the ad hoc committee, the notification for the conduct of the election stands recalled.
The meeting also resolved that another committee, headed by senior advocate Zaffar Ahmad Shah, will look into the issues raised by the district administration.
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