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J&K Begins SEC Appointment Process

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December 13, 2025 Issue

Srinagar: With Lok Bhavan clearing the amendment passed by the Jammu & Kashmir Legislative Assembly to enhance the maximum age of the State Election Commissioner, the Jammu and Kashmir government has set the process in motion to appoint the head of the State Election Commission—the body mandated to conduct Panchayat and Urban Local Bodies polls in the Union Territory.

- Agencies

Authoritative sources said that Chief Minister Omar Abdullah has nominated senior cabinet minister Sakina Ittoo as one of the members of the selection panel headed

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