Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council, Kargil

Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council, Kargil (LAHDC Kargil), is an Autonomous District Council that administers the Kargil District of Ladakh, India.[1][2]

Not to be confused with Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council, Leh.
Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council, Kargil
Type
Type
Autonomous District Council
of the Kargil District
Leadership
Chief Executive Councillor
Feroz Ahmad Khan, NC
Structure
Seats30 Councillors
Political groups
  NC (10)
  INC (8)
  Independents (5)
  BJP (1)
  PDP (2)
  Nominated (4)
Elections
26 plurality voting
4 nominated
Meeting place
Kargil
Website
https://kargil.nic.in/lahdc/

History

In October 1993, the central Government of India and the state Government of Jammu and Kashmir agreed to grant each district of Ladakh the status of Autonomous Hill Council. This agreement was given effect by the Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council Act, 1995. A hill council for Leh district was formed in 1995 and the council for Kargil district was formed in 2003.[3]

The 3rd General Election of LAHDC-K was held on 22 August 2013.[4] Overall voter turnout was 79.65%[5] The election resulted in a hung house at first with the two major parties, Indian National Congress and National Conference, along with their allies the IKMT and the Islamia School Kargil respectively managing to secure 11 seats each. However, after the deliberations of the State Coordination Committee, the INC was declared to head the new council.[6] Haji Mohammad Hanifa Jan has replaced Haji Asgar Ali Karbalai and took oath as the new Chief Executive Councillor, LAHDC Kargil.

Powers

The autonomous hill councils work with village panchayats to take decisions on economic development, healthcare, education, land use, taxation, and local governance which are further reviewed at the block headquarters in the presence of the chief executive councillor and executive councillors.[7] The government of Jammu and Kashmir continues to look after law and order, the judicial system, communications and the higher education in the districts.

Structure

The council has thirty members of which 26 are directly elected and four are appointed to represent women and minority communities. The council is led by a Chief Executive Councillor, who leads an executive committee of five members.[8][9]

Members by party
  • NC - 1
  • INC - 5
  • IND - 8
  • PDP - 2
  • BJP - 10
  • Nominated - 4

Executive committee

The members of the executive committee are as follows:[10]

  • Feroz Ahmed Khan - Chief Executive Councillor
  • Sayeed Mujtaba - Executive Councillor for Social Welfare, Horticulture, Handloom and Animal and Sheep Husbandry
  • Syeed Abass Razvi - Executive Councillor for Road and Buildings, Mechanical, Food Civil Supplies, Industries, Commerce, Co-operative, Fisheries and Information
  • Punchok Tashi - Executive Councillor for Rural Development, Local Government, Tourism, Handicrafts and Zanskar Affairs
  • Mohdammad Ali Chandan - Executive Councillor for Health, Revenue, Agriculture, Conservation, Forestry, Wildlife and Industrial Training Institutes
  • Baseer-ul-Haq Choudhary - Chief Executive Officer / District Magistrate

References
  1. "LAHDCK – Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council, Kargil | District Kargil, Government of Jammu & Kashmir | India".
  2. https://indiacode.nic.in/bitstream/123456789/4912/1/ladakh_autonomous_hill_development_council_act%2C_1997.pdf
  3. Bhan, Mona. The Hill Council and the Healing Touch policy. Routledge Contemporary South Asia Series. p. 63.
  4. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 17 September 2013. Retrieved 16 November 2013.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  5. "3rd General LAHDCK Election – 2013". Archived from the original on 17 September 2013. Retrieved 16 November 2013.
  6. "Uncertainty looms over Kargil council CEC election". Hindustan Times. 13 September 2013.
  7. "India". Allrefer country study guide. Archived from the original on 21 May 2011. Retrieved 21 August 2006.
  8. https://kargil.nic.in/councillors/
  9. "Executive Councilors | District Kargil, Government of Jammu & Kashmir | India".
  10. "Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council, Kargil". Union Territory of Ladakh. Retrieved 2 February 2020.
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