Overview

• The Jammu and Kashmir Cabinet has prepared responses to Lt Governor Manoj Sinha’s queries on the proposed Transaction of Business Rules (TBR) and is resubmitting the file for approval.
• Lt Governor Sinha had returned the TBR file, citing procedural concerns and its contravention of the J&K Reorganisation Act, 2019, which governs the Union Territory’s administrative framework.
• The proposed TBR would shift key administrative powers, including IAS/IPS transfers and law-and-order functions, from the Lt Governor to the elected government, raising questions of conformity with the Act.
• The Lt Governor’s discretionary authority over All India Services and other critical matters under Section 53 of the Reorganisation Act remains a central point of contention.
• The dispute reflects broader tensions over the balance of power between the Union Territory’s elected government and the centrally appointed Lt Governor.