Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Jan 3: The Union Territory Government today ordered constitution of Apex Level and two Divisional Level Committees for conducting preparatory work for elections to the vacant Panchayat seats.
Over 12,500 Panchayats seats mainly in the Kashmir valley were stated to be vacant.
The Apex Level Committee will be headed by the Principal Secretary Home Department and will have the Director General of Police, Principal Secretary Housing and Urban Development, Principal Secretary Transport and Additional DGP (CID) as Members while Secretary Department of Rural Development and Panchayati Raj will be the Member Secretary.
The Divisional Level Committee for Jammu will be headed by the Divisional Commissioner Jammu and will have IGP Jammu as Member and Director Rural Development Jammu as the Member Secretary.
The Divisional Level Committee for Kashmir will also be headed by the Divisional Commissioner Kashmir with IGP Kashmir as Member and Director Rural Development Kashmir as the Member Secretary.
The Apex Level Committee will draw roadmap and detailed schedule for conduct of elections to vacant Panchayats across the Union Territory on the basis of inputs from the Divisional Level Committees and assessment of ground level situation taking into consideration various requirements like security, logistics, personnel, equipments etc.
The Divisional Level Committees will submit their report by January 10 to the Apex Level Committee, which will give its report to the Government by January 13.
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