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EXTRAORDINARY
प्राधिकार से प्रकाशित
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
लद्दाख, 03 सितंबर, 2026
LADAKH, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER, 03, 2026
Part II - Section 3
के न्द्र-शासित प्रदेश लद्दाख प्रशासन ADMINISTRATION OF UNION TERRITORY OF LADAKH
N O T I F I C A T I O N
Leh, the 3rd of September, 2026
S.O_259 In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of Section 3 of the Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Councils Act, 1997 (Act No. XXXI of 1997), as amended from time to time and in supersession of all previous notifications in this regard, the Lieutenant Governor of the Union Territory of Ladakh hereby constitutes the following Autonomous Hill Development Councils for the respective Districts of the Union Territory of Ladakh for the purposes specified under the said Act, namely: —
(i) Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council, Leh, for the District of Leh;
(ii) Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council, Kargil, for the District of Kargil;
(iii) Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council, Sham, for the District of Sham;
LADAKH GAZETTE : EXTRAORDINARY 2(iv) Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council, Nubra, for the District of Nubra;
(v) Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council, Changthang, for the District of Changthang;
(vi) Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council, Zanskar, for the District of Zanskar; and
(vii) Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council, Drass, for the District of Drass.
2. The Councils shall exercise such powers and perform such functions as are conferred or assigned to it under the Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Councils Act, 1997 as amended from time to time.
3. Elections to these Councils shall be held in due course, after a notification issued in this regard under Section 8 of Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Councils Act, 1997.
This notification shall come into force from the date of its publication in Official Gazettee.
By Order of Administration of Union territory of Ladakh.
Sd/-
(Shurbir Singh, IAS)
Commissioner/ Secretary, Revenue,
UT of Ladakh.
No. M/1489/2026/ Copy to the: -
1. Chief Secretary, Union Territory of Ladakh for kind information. 2. Additional Secretary, JKL Affairs, MHA, GoI for kind information 3. Director General of Police, Union Territory of Ladakh for kind information. 4. Administrative Secretaries (All), Union Territory of Ladakh for kind information. 5. Secretary to Hon'ble Lieutenant Governor, Union Territory of Ladakh for kind information of Hon'ble Lieutenant Governor, Union Territory of Ladakh.
6. Deputy Commissioner (All), Union Territory of Ladakh for kind information. 7. Technical Director, NIC For uploading on the Union Territory website. 8. Office file.
LADAKH GAZETTE : EXTRAORDINARY 3