Jammu, July 1 (UNI) The reconstitution of the new J&K Sports Council is on cards as the term of the existing body, as per the 2022 government order, came to an end on June 27, 2025 with the completion of a three-year term.
The Jammu and Kashmir government on June 27, 2022, reconstituted J&K Sports Council, headed by Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha as its president and his advisor as the vice president, after dissolving the previous body framed in the year 2018 in the Mehbooba Mufti-led government.
“The term of J&K Sports Council members automatically comes to an end on June 27 with the completion of a three-year term, as no extension period has been ordered so far by the government,” official sources said.
They said that the notice in this regard has already been taken, and a call on the reconstitution of the J&K Sports Council will soon be taken by its head.
Notably, in 2022, in the absence of an elected government, the Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor was the president of the J&K Sports Council.
However, at present, Jammu and Kashmir is headed by Chief Minister Omar Abdullah as its president and Sports Minister Satish Sharma as its Vice President.
As per the order number 21-JK (YSS) of 2022 issued by the then Principal Secretary, Youth Services and Sports Department, Alok Kumar, the Sports Council had 15 members, including the LG as president, the advisor as vice president, five official members and eight outstanding players and sports association ’administrators.
The order also read that the Council shall remain in office for a period of three years, and the Government, however, shall have powers to dissolve the Council at any time it deems appropriate and reconstitute a fresh Council.
The power to dispense with the individual membership was vested with the President, J&K Sports Council, it read.
As per the order, the Jammu and Kashmir Sports Council members serve a term of three years and the government can dissolve the Council earlier if deemed necessary and reconstitute it while individual members can also be removed with a 14-day notice period, citing reasons, with the President having the final say on accepting the explanation.
In the official category of the Council, the members as per the order were: Administrative Secretary, Finance Department, Administrative Secretary, Youth Services and Sports Department, Administrative Secretary, Planning Development and Monitoring Department, Director General/Director, Youth Services and Sports;and Secretary, J&K Sports Council, as member secretary.
Meanwhile, Surya Bhanu Pratap Singh (International Wushu Player), Nitin Kumar (International Handball Player), Saqlain Tariq (International Volleyball Player), Kabra Altaf (National Judo Player), Shweta Thakur (National Judo Player), Mohammad Akbar Khan (National Level Cyclist), Rajeev Sharma (Former President, Hockey J&K) and Ranjit Kalra (Vice President Wushu Association of J&K and Sports Promoter) were the non-official members, it read further.
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