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THURSDAY, MAY 14, 2015 DAILY EXCELSIOR, JAMMU daily Excelsior The Great Ladakhi dilemma Shortcomings of our system Established 1965 Vedika Rekhi Haider Ali Askary 1995, amidthe congratulatory ers of the two councils are less This in itself could be a fair argu- Founder Editor S.D. Rohmetra messages from the Prime Min- than those of the Zila Parishads ment in support of a Central Laws grind the poor and rich men rule the law."According to adakh, a region which ister and the Governor of the under Panchayati Raj University for Ladakh. More- the 'rule of law', the laws are clear, publicized, stable and was an independent king- state, the people of Leh,who system."The former chairman over, the official website of the "applied evenly but was justice taking a nap when in ordinary Compulsive litigant Ldom for centuries, was were probably most jubilant of the Hill-Council Kargil kept J&K Department of Higher cases the court closes at 5:00 p.m. In Mr. Salman Khan's case the annexed by the Dogra rulers, in since independence, gatheredat on lambosting the NC Govern- Education shows that the two timing was extended till 7:30 p.m.; when a number of under trials urgeoning lawsuits against the Government is 1834, and successfully integrat- the historic Polo ground Leh in ment for not releasing the dis- regions of the state viz. Kashmir are proved innocent after languishing in jails for years, no one takes ed under the Dogra domain, cen- a sign of bad governance. No Government a mammoth number to listen to trict fund and contested the 2014 and Jammu has 46 and 45 degree a note whereas in his case, it is the only thing on everyone's mind tered in Jammu, in 1846. Then the official declaration of the state Assembly election, after colleges respectively, while the should be happy with aggrieved people bring- after, it remained as a province due to the hype created by the media and press. After all, he is an B much awaited Ladakh resigning from the CEC post,as third region of Ladakh has mere- offender and doesn't deserve the kind of limelight that he is bask- which included Baltistan (now ing their cases to the doorsteps of law courts when Autonomous Hill Development a Congress candidate. ly four. Added to it, none of the ing in. The judiciary is expected to act in an unbiased manner and on the other side of the border) Council (LAHDC). It could be The political leaders in four colleges in Ladakh offer the Government Departments are amply empowered commonly known as "Ladakh to mitigate the grievances. Largely, if Government noted that the Hill Council was Ladakh had time and again post-graduation courses. So-called educated people from Wazarat". Though, the voice of approved by the State Governor showed their discontent with the According to the 2011 cen- functionaries, especially those at higher levels of a distinct and separate Ladakhi when the State Assembly was regional parties in the state rea- sus,out of the total area ofJ&K our film industry like Abhijeet administrative edifice, strictly observe rules and reg- identity echoed high even not functional. The people of soning an inherent discrimina- of 222,236 square kilometers, before independence in Ladakh. ulations, there are less chances of people persisting Kargil, however,refused to tion of them towards Ladakh covers 70.4 per cent of Bhattacharya and Farah Khan Ali However, at the dawn of inde- accept it at that time reasoning Ladakh.This could well be the state. This makes one won- with their complaints and finally heading towards the pendence, an inevitable appre- the volatile situation of Kashmir understood with the demands der how the students from far have made comments which expose courts. We should remember that justice is an expen- hension took hold in all the three in the aftermath of insurgency which Ladakh made for 'Union flung areas of Ladakh will reach sive and time-consuming affair in this country. Nobody regions (Jammu, Kashmir and but accepted it in 2003. Territory' status and even to the sparsely located degree Ladakh) of the State of Jammu us to their vanity. This shows us how would want to waste his time and money knowing that The Autonomous Council, 'Greater Ladakh', for that mat- colleges in the districts. Let's not and Kashmir (J&K) equally. to paraphrase the 'Ladakh ter,which came at some point of talk about the quality of these we are a country full of bigoted, the Governments seldom budge from their standpoint. Considering the immense diver- Autonomous Hill Development time in Ladakh. As a result, the colleges here! It means that aggrieved parties expect courts of law sity, each region of the state Council Act,1995' isa relative common people in Ladakh have Furthermore, the central came up with different claims narrow-minded, educated illiterates to do them justice and not the Government. This sit- autonomy conferred in the now started looking at the Government recently sanc- and appeals. The demand raised hands of the local population to national parties as against the tioned All India Institute of who feel that being able to amass uation needs reversal. Good governance should by the Ladakhi representatives, affirm decision making power regional ones. This was clear Medical Sciences (AIIMS) to mean that people repose trust in it believing that they apparently, was that of a direct concerning development plan- from the fact that the last Lok Kashmir and Indian Institute of a fortune guarantees us the right to are living in a welfare state, which is primarily con- integration with India rather ning and implementation of Sabha seat for Ladakh was won Management (IIM) and Indian than with Kashmir.But, the then cerned with the welfare of the people at large. their own projects. The by a BJP candidate for the first Institute of Technology (IIT) to be self-conceited and contemptuous. Chief Minister of J&K Sheikh Autonomous Hill Council was a time in the history of elections Jammu. Here again Ladakh fig- However, mindful of the ground situation and con- Abdullah and Prime Minister of share from the larger adminis- in Ladakh. Even the last state ured nowhere as happened ear- on the basis of the merits of a case rather than the social, political scious of the fact that administrative arrangement may India, Jawaharlal Nehru were trative cake carefully folded in Assembly election in Ladakh lier with the two State Cancer well aware of the benefits of a catchy phrase 'local self-rule' also proved it when out of the Institutes proposed to be estab- and economic clout of the accused. The poor people have to face a intentionally or otherwise, fail to do justice to the sup- retaining Ladakh with Kashmir. number of problems like systematic delays and high money demands plicants, the Government decided in late 2011 to for- which is still seemingly func- four seats the political parties of lished one each in Kashmir and The two doyens were proved tional. the state could not even win a Jammu regions. The 'shabby' in their plea for a bail whereas the haves of the society are given mulate a State Litigation Policy with the sole objective accurate;from the hostile days But, how autonomous are single one. Three seats were district hospitals in the twin dis- bail within a couple of hours. The efficiency with which our of considerably bringing down litigations against the of partition to insurgency and as the Hill Councils in won by the Congress candidates tricts of Ladakh, runningwith esteemed judiciary has functioned in his case is remarkable and our to this day, Ladakh is playing the State and its various agencies by adopting some spe- Ladakh?The popular perception and the remaining one, from severe staff shortage and lack of country could become one of the best to live in if the judiciary act- 'cementing' and 'integrating' in Ladakh is that the Hill-Coun- Zanskar constituency, by an high-tech facilities, gets no ed in such a manner on a regular basis. cific measures. role of the state with India. cil(s) are a political blame game independent candidate. attention from the Government Another inadequacy of our mentality has been brought to the The Government decided to appoint a Law Officer During the post-independ- house and shrunk when it comes The political leaders of the when it sanctioned AIIMS and fore by this case. Rather than praising the victims and their family to examine each writ petition or civil suit against the ence period, Ladakh showed a to funds. "The district receives state always talk about main- Cancer Institutes to the other members who have accepted their fate and feel that getting Salman lack of confidence and convic- a meager amount at the disbur- taining parity between Jammu regions. It's a well-known fact imprisoned will not get them anything but the curses of his fans, Government before contesting the same in the court tion in the successive state Gov- sal of the Hill Council" noted the and Kashmir regions but that Ladakh remains cut-off people are mocking at them for their so-called greed because they of law. Law Officer's appointed would be by strictly ernments and demanded to be former Chief Executive Coun- Ladakh region gets missed out. from Kashmir and rest of the wish that after 13 years of this nightmarish life, they should live following laid down criterion. Among other measures more "autonomous." The cillor (CEC) Kargil while This negligence of Ladakh by world for many months every demands raised by the Ladakhis, with some dignity now.

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