JAMMU, Feb 28 : In a significant development, the Jammu and Kashmir Local Bodies Dedicated Backward Classes Commission submitted its final recommendations to the government here on Thursday.
The report, which was presented to Chief Secretary Atal Dulloo in the presence of Mohammad Aijaz Asad, Secretary, Rural Development and Panchayati Raj, is expected to highlight the objectives laid down at the time of the committee’s formation, an official spokesperson said.
The commission, headed by Justice (retired) Janak Raj Kotwal, a former judge of the Jammu and Kashmir High Court, with former IAS officer R K Bhagat and former dean of the SKUAST-Jammu Mohinder Singh Badwal as members, was formed to determine reservation quotas for the Other Backward Classes (OBC).
