J&K government freezes all administrative units

The Jammu and Kashmir government has frozen the boundaries of districts, tehsils, municipalities, towns, revenue villages and other administrative units till completion of Census 2021.

A notification issued by Planning, Development and Monitoring department in this regard reads,

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“In exercise of the powers conferred by clause (iv) of rule 8 of the Census Rules, 1990 and in supersession of earlier notifications issued on the subject, the Government of Jammu and Kashmir hereby freezes the boundaries of Districts/Tehsils, Municipalities, Towns, Revenue Villages and other Administrative units in the whole Union territory of Jammu and Kashmir with effect from 1 January 2024 till completion of Census, 2021”.