SRINAGAR, 4 March 2020, TON: The Indian Government amended the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganization (adaption of state laws) order 2020, in exercise of the powers conferred by the Section 96 of the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganization Act 2019, Indian Ministry of Home Affairs spokesman said. The law would be termed as “Jammu and Kashmir Reorganization (adaption of state laws) second order 2020.

The new domicile law of Jammu and Kashmir provides that Jammu and Kashmir domiciles include anyone who has resided in Jammu and Kashmir for 15 years or has studied in Jammu and Kashmir for seven years.

In Jammu and Kashmir Civil Services (Decentralization) and Recruitment Act 2020 following sections were amended: “under section 3A (i) in sub-section (1) omit word “deemed to be” and “Carrying a pay scale of not more than level-4 (25500)” and in sub-section (2) omit “Deemed to be and in clause (a) for “have served” substitute “shall have served”. Section 5A has also been amended:“A post carrying a pay scale of not more than level-4 (25500)” substitute “any post”. In Section 8 before clause (ii) add: “(i) is a domicile of Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir.”

Anyone who is registered as a migrant by the Relief and Rehabilitation Commissioner (Migrants) will also be deemed to be a domicile. The others who can be deemed to be a domicile include children of those central government officials, all-India services officers, officials of public sector undertakings and autonomous bodies of the central government, public sector banks, officials of statutory bodies, central university officials and those of recognised research institutes of the central government who have served in Jammu and Kashmir for 10 years.

As per the notification, children of those who fulfill any of the conditions or children of such residents of Jammu and Kashmir as reside outside Union Territory in connection with their employment or business or other professional or vocational reasons but their parents fulfill any of the conditions provided in sub-section are also deemed to be domicile of Jammu and Kashmir.

Meanwhile, Kashmiri leadership including Syed Ali Geelani rejected the Indian government conspiracy to change the demography of disputed State of Jammu and Kashmir and demanded United Nations Organization (UNO) to intervene. They also demanded from the Pakistani leadership and the masses to do something including approaching International Court of Justice to stop India from its nefarious designs before it is too late.

 Kashmiri leadership and general public are not being allowed to come out of their houses and protest against the illegitimate Indian law that violates United Nations Security Council Resolutions. The Indian Army and security forces are deployed everywhere in occupied Jammu and Kashmir and if someone comes out he is declared COVID-19 positive and afterwards his whereabouts are not know.