The three member Delimitation Commission headed by Justice (Retd) Ranjana Prakash Desai is all set to finalise its report on
May 5.
Highly-placed official sources on Monday confirmed to The Pioneer, "ahead of the completion of its tenure the Jammu and Kashmir Delimitation Commission is scheduled to finalise its report by May 5 before submitting the same to the Government". The tenure of the commission was extended up to two month by May 6.
The three member commission had visited both the twin capital cities of Jammu and Srinagar last month where they interacted with 400 delegations from different parts of Jammu and Kashmir after releasing the draft report for public remarks and objections.
The Commission had given assurances to these delegations that they would incorporate their suggestions before finalising their report. The Assembly elections in the Union Territory are expected to take place after the completion of the Delimitation exercise.
The entire exercise has been carried out as per the provisions of the Delimitation Act 2002 and the J&K Reorganization Act 2019, keeping in view population, public conveniences, communication facilities, geographical compactness of the areas as well as the existing administrative boundaries while delimiting the constituencies.
The commission, which also included Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Sushil Chandra and State Election Commissioner (SEC), J&K, KK Sharma, had originally recommended six additional seats for Jammu region and only one for Kashmir Valley.
After the marathon exercise the total Assembly seats for Jammu region would go up from 37 to 43 and for Kashmir from 46 to 47 in the new Assembly.
Nine seats were proposed for Scheduled Tribes and seven for Scheduled Castes in the interim draft proposal.