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The Jammu and Kashmir government has issued orders for the closure of the Darbar Move offices in the summer capital Srinagar on October 31, hours after Chief Minister Omar Abdullah announced restoration of the tradition.
The Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha-led administration had scrapped the Darbar Move tradition in 2021.
According to media reports, While marking one year of his government in Jammu and Kashmir, Abdullah told reporters, “Today, I have personally signed the official file, and I hope that the order will be issued soon. We are restoring the old tradition of the Darbar Move.”
“We promised people that we would restore the Darbar Move. The cabinet has taken a decision regarding its restoration and sent it to the lieutenant governor. The L-G has signed and returned the file,” he said earlier in the day.
On Thursday night, General Administration Department Commissioner Secretary M Raju issued the formal order for the restoration of the Darbar Move.
“The offices, in this order, shall move to Jammu ‘in full’ and ‘in camp’, respectively, from the winter season 2025-26. The offices observing a five-day week shall close at Srinagar on October 31 after office hours, and the offices observing a six-day week shall close on November 1 after office hours,” the order stated.
According to the order, all offices shall reopen at Jammu, the winter capital, on November 3.
The offices moving ‘in camp’ shall carry only 33 per cent of the staff strength in that particular office, or 10 officials, whichever is minimum, or as otherwise specifically indicated.
