MHA notifies amended Business Rules of J&K

Jammu, July 12: Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) Friday notified the “Transaction of Business of the Government of Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir (Second Amendment) Rules, 2024.”

As per amended rules, no proposal, which requires previous concurrence of the Finance Department with regard to ‘Police’, ‘Public Order’, ‘All India Service’ and ‘Anti-Corruption Bureau’ to exercise the discretion of the Lieutenant Governor under the Act will be concurred or rejected unless it has been placed before the Lieutenant Governor through the Chief Secretary.

The Department of Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs will submit the proposal for appointment of Advocate-General and other Law Officers to assist the Advocate-General in the court proceedings, for approval of the Lieutenant Governor through the Chief Secretary and the Chief Minister.

Any proposal regarding grant or refusal of prosecution sanction or filing of appeal will be placed before the Lieutenant Governor through the Chief Secretary by the Department of Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs.

As per the provisos inserted in the principal rules, in rule 43, after the third proviso, “in respect of matters connected with Prisons, Directorate of Prosecution and Forensic Science Laboratory, the matters shall be submitted to the Lieutenant Governor by Administrative Secretary, Home Department through the Chief Secretary.”

In respect of matters connected with posting and transfer of Administrative Secretaries and cadre posts of All India Services officers, proposals will be submitted to the Lieutenant Governor by the Administrative Secretary, General Administration Department through the Chief Secretary.

As per MHA notification, the President, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 55 of the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Act, 2019, (34 of 2019) read with the Proclamation dated October 31, 2019 issued under section 73 of the said Act, made rules to amend the Transaction of Business of the Government of Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir Rules, 2019.

The amended rules would come into force on the date of their publication in the Official Gazette.