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J&K to get delimitation commission
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- About six months after the State of Jammu and Kashmir was split into the Union Territories of J&K and Ladakh, the government moved to start the delimitation of Assembly constituencies in J&K.
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- On a request by the Department of Legislative Affairs of the Ministry of Law and Justice, Chief Election Commissioner Sunil Arora named Election Commissioner Sushil Chandra as his nominee to the proposed Delimitation Commission for Jammu and Kashmir recently.
- An official of the Commission said the EC was ready to provide secretarial assistance to the Commission once appointed, as it is required to do.
- Delimitation Commission:
(1) Delimitation commission or Boundary commission of India is a commission established by the Government under the provisions of the Delimitation Commission Act.
(2) The main task of the commission is redrawing the boundaries of the various assembly and Lok Sabha constituencies based on a recent census.
(3) Representation from each State is not changed during this exercise.
(4) However, the number of SC and ST seats in a state are changed in accordance with the census.
(5) The present delimitation of constituencies has been done on the basis of 2001 census under the provisions of Delimitation Act, 2002.
(6) The Commission is a powerful and independent body whose orders cannot be challenged in any court of law.
(7) Orders are laid before Lok Sabha & respective State Legislative Assemblies. However, modifications are not permitted.
Sources
The Hindu