Adaptation of State Laws Order 2020, under the J&K civil services (decentralisation and recruitment

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New Delhi, Apr 1: In a major decision, the government of India Tuesday notified the rules for becoming a domicile of Jammu and Kashmir. In a gazette notification, the central government stated that any person residing in Jammu and Kashmir for at least fifteen years will now be eligible to be a domicile of the union territory. As per the gazette notification, Section 3A of the J&K Reorganisation (Adaptation of State Laws) Order 2020, under the J&K civil services (decentralisation and recruitment) Act, has been introduced to define domicile as that “who has resided for a period of fifteen years in the UT of J&K or has studied for a period of seven years and appeared in class 10th/12th examination in an educational institution located in the UT of J&K."