Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation (Adaptation of

State Laws) Order, 2020

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April 2, 2020

Part of: GS Prelims and GS-II – Polity and Governance

In News:

The Central government passed Jammu And Kashmir Reorganisation

(Adaptation of State Laws) Order, 2020 recently.

Key takeaways:

The order defined new domicile rule for Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) according to
which a person residing in J&K for at least 15 years will now be eligible to be a
domicile of the Union Territory.
If a person has studied for a period of 7 years and appeared in class 10th or
12th examination in an educational institution located in the UT of J&K will also
be considered as the domicile of the UT.
Tehsildar shall be the competent authority for issuing the domicile certificate,
as opposed to Deputy Commissioner.
Section 5-A states that no person shall be eligible for appointment to a post
carrying a pay scale for not more than level 4 unless he is a domicile of UT of
J&K.
Through the same order, the Centre has repealed the J&K Civil Services (Special
Provisions) Act.

Important value additions:

The Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Act, 2019

It is an act of the Parliament of India.

It contains provisions to reconstitute the Indian-administered state of Jammu
and Kashmir, into two Indian-administered union territories, one to be
called Jammu and Kashmir, and the other Ladakh.

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