The three-member Delimitation Commission on Jammu and Kashmir, headed by Justice (retd) Ranjana Desai, on Thursday, signed the final order on redrawing the assembly constituencies of the Union Territory, a day before its term was to end, quoting officials news agency PTI reported.
A copy of this order and the report, detailing the number of constituencies and their size, will be submitted to the government after which the order will be issued through a gazette notification.
The commission has proposed increasing the number of seats in the UT from 83 to 90. Besides, there are 24 seats in Pakistan-administered Kashmir (PaK) that continue to remain vacant.
For the first time, nine seats have been proposed for Scheduled Tribes.
