Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Jan 15: The Cabinet Sub Committee (CSC) on administrative units will complete its task tomorrow and would submit report to Chief Minister Omar Abdullah after the Revenue Department compiled the data submitted to the Committee during meeting with the people and their representatives at different places.
“Our task will be over tomorrow,” a member of the CSC said, adding they have met people and their representatives from 20 districts till this evening and would be taking representations from the people of Leh and Kargil districts here tomorrow.
“Tomorrow would be our last day of meeting the people, their representatives, political and non-political organisations. We have covered 20 districts till this evening and would be covering all 22 districts of the State tomorrow evening,” he said.
The CSC member said the Committee has received a large number of representations from cross section of society in all three regions of the State including-Jammu, Kashmir and Ladakh, which has been submitted to concerned Deputy Commissioners of the districts for compiling data.
“The Deputy Commissioners would compile the data and prepare their reports based on latest population figures of the areas,” he said, adding as soon as the Revenue Department completes its task and submitted data to the CSC, the Committee would meet again, finalise its recommendations and submit them to the Chief Minister.
Keen to set up new administrative units, Chief Minister Omar Abdullah had given the deadline of January 15 to the CSC to submit its report based on the recommendations made earlier by SS Bloeria and Mushtaq Ahmad Ganaie Commissions.
The Chief Minister had targeted the Congress (albeit without naming the coalition partner) for delaying the process on setting up of administrative units.
The CSC member was of the view that their exercise would be over tomorrow and it would now depend upon the officials of Revenue Department how speedily their complete their task of compiling the data to enable the CSC submit its recommendations to the Chief Minister for setting up new administrative units in the State.
The CSC has directed the Revenue Department officials to compile the data as early as possible so that the report could be submitted to the Chief Minister.
The Government has already made it clear that it stands for early creation of new administrative units in the State.
The CSC headed by Deputy Chief Minister Tara Chand comprised PHE, Irrigation and Flood Control Minister Sham Sharma, Urban Development Minister Rigzin Jora, all Congress, Higher Education Minister Mohammad Akbar Lone, Planning and Development Minister Ajay Sadhotra and Law and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Saifullah Mir, all National Conference and Agriculture Minister GH Mir.
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