Jammu, Sep 27: Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha Saturday, summoned the (autumn) session of the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly in Srinagar on October 23, 2025, at 10 am.

LG Sinha, through an order, has summoned the J&K Legislative Assembly to meet, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him under section 18(1) of the J&K Reorganisation Act, 2019.

Accordingly, in terms of Rule 3 of the Rules of Procedure and Conduct of Business in the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly, the Secretary J&K Legislative Assembly Secretariat, through a summon, asked all the Members (MLAs) to “attend the Session of the Legislative Assembly on the appointed date, time and place.”

On September 23, the J&K Council of Ministers, in its meeting presided over by Chief Minister Omar Abdullah in Srinagar, had recommended convening a week-long autumn session of the J&K legislature from October 13, 2025.

The recommendation was then sent to LG Sinha.

Immediately after the LG issued an order summoning the session, the J&K Legislative Assembly Secretariat, through a bulletin, asked the MLAs to submit notices of 10 starred and unstarred questions and one bill each by October 4, 2025, and two resolutions each by October 7, 2025.

“Members of Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly are requested to send notice(s) of not more than five starred and five un-starred question in relaxation of Rule 32 of the Rules of Procedure and Conduct of Business in the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly by or before October 4, 2025, and not more than one Bill in relaxation of sub-rule (3) of Rule 65 of the Rules of Procedure and Conduct of Business in the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly by or before October 4,2025,” the bulletin read.

Similarly, the MLAs, in the bulletin, have been asked to send “not more than two Resolutions in terms of Rule 174, the Rules of Procedure and Conduct of Business in the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly by or before October 7, 2025.”

Now, the Speaker of, Legislative Assembly will list the calendar of business and sittings in the next two or three days.

The Business Advisory Committee may, later, tweak the calendar if some changes are warranted.

As per sources, the session is likely to last till October 31, with a provision of six to eight sittings.

However, the exact schedule will be clear only when the LA Secretariat issues a provisional calendar.

The session is being held five days ahead of the expiry of the deadline (October 28) of convening a session within six months of the previous session, as per the constitutional requirement.

A special day-long session was convened in Jammu on April 28, 2025, to pass a resolution condemning the Pahalgam terror attack of April 22, 2025. Prior to it, the maiden budget session of the J&K legislature was convened from March 3 to April 9, 2025, in Jammu.

The opposition had been demanding the immediate convening of the session since early September to discuss some pressing issues, mainly devastation caused by recent rain-induced floods, landslides, leading to critical issues, including those pertaining to connectivity; AAP MLA Mehraj Malik’s detention under the Public Safety Act (PSA), and statehood restoration.

If by then, the government does not receive business rules, pending approval of the LG since June this year, it may also be a vital issue to be flagged during the session.

During the budget session, the private members’ bills and resolutions could not be taken up due to the uproar that dominated the last three days on account of the Waqf Amendment Act passed by the Parliament.

Jammu, Sep 27: Jammu and Kashmir Pradesh Congress Committee (JKPCC) Saturday hit out at BJP for, what it alleged, “its total failure to deal with the situation in Leh.”

It blamed the central government for “pushing the Ladakhis to the wall during five years of peaceful Satyagreh” and condemned, what the party alleged, “the illegal arrest of Sonam Wangchuk, a world-renowned environmentalist. Addressing a press conference, JKPCC working president Raman Bhalla and chief spokesperson Ravinder Sharma extended support to the “Ladakhis’ legitimate demands through peaceful non-violent modes,” saying the arrest of climate activist Sonam Wangchuk was “unfortuante.”

They also condemned the killing of four youth and injuries to 89 others.

Jammu, Sep 27: The Crime Branch of Jammu and Kashmir Police has filed a charge sheet against 12 people, including four revenue officials, in a case related to the grabbing of nearly three acres of land belonging to Auqaf Islamia here, officials said.

Senior Superintendent of Police, Crime, Benam Tosh, confirmed the filing of the charge sheet against the accused and said the case was registered in 2013 under various sections of the Ranbir Penal Code and Prevention of Corruption Act.

The charge sheet has been filed in the court of the special judge anti-corruption, Jammu, for judicial determination, he said.

Those chargesheeted in the case include four former revenue officials – the then Tehsildar, Daljeet Singh, the then Naib-Tehsildar, Som Dutt, the then Girdawar, Ram Saran and the then Patwari, Abdul Fani.

Both Saran and Fani have recently expired, the officials said, adding that among the other chargesheeted accused, Abdul Sattar has also passed away.

The case was registered on the written complaint of Administrator Auqaf Islamia Jammu, wherein it was alleged that the beneficiaries and the then Revenue officers hatched a criminal conspiracy, committed cheating and forgery and fraudulently grabbed Auqaf land measuring 26 kanals at village Chatha Gujran, Jammu.

During the course of investigation, the offences were proved against the accused on the basis of sufficient documentary and other evidence, and hence a challan has been submitted to the court, officials said