SRINAGAR Oct 16: The Jammu and Kashmir Board of School Education (JKBOSE) has constituted a grievance-cum-monitoring cell to address examination related grievances, complaints and queries from stakeholders during the forthcoming annual examinations.
The cell has been established to ensure timely redressal of the grievances and mitigate problems of the stakeholders cropping up during the course of examinations.
The cell will register grievances for timely disposal and making prompt corrective interventions. It will register complaints, ensure their timely disposal, and take corrective action wherever necessary. The cell will function under the direct supervision of the Secretary, JKBOSE.
In the meantime, BOSE has exhorted upon the centre superintendents and their supervisory staff to safeguard the integrity of the examinations and make sure these are conducted in a fair, transparent and orderly manner.
The integrity and sanctity of the examinations will be safeguard at any cost, it added.
The stakeholders can lodge the grievances on jsexamsjd.jkbose@jk.gov.in, 0191-2585732 (Jammu) jsexamskd.jkbose@jk.gov.in, 0194-3186762 (Kashmir).
Ladakh Administration redefines tehsils, revenue villages across five districts; Powers of ADC Durbuk entrusted to SDM Durbuk
LEH, Oct 16: The Administration of the Union Territory of Ladakh has issued a notification redefining tehsils and revenue villages in five districts of the Union Territory to streamline administrative arrangements and improve public service delivery.
The Revenue Department, UT Ladakh, issued Notification S.O. 286 dated October 16, 2026, under Section 5 of the Jammu and Kashmir Land Revenue Act, 1996, as applicable to the Union Territory of Ladakh, in continuation of earlier notifications dated April 27, 2026, and July 12, 2026.
As per the notification, the reorganisation covers Aryan Valley Tehsil in Sham district; Sodh Tehsil in Kargil district; Phey Tehsil in Zanskar district; Thasgam Tehsil in Drass district; and Himya Tehsil in Changthang district. The notification specifies the revenue villages to be included in the respective tehsils, along with their designated headquarters.
The revenue villages specified in the notification shall cease to form part of their existing tehsils and shall become part of the newly constituted tehsils concerned from the date the notification comes into force.
In another significant decision, responding to the long-standing public demand, the Administration has entrusted the powers of the Additional Deputy Commissioner, Durbuk, to the Sub-Divisional Magistrate (SDM), Durbuk. The decision aims to strengthen local administration, enhance administrative accessibility and ensure timely delivery of public services to the people of Durbuk.
The notification shall come into force from the date of its publication in the Official Gazette.