Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT)
- On 8 June 2020, DR Jitendra Singh inaugurates the 18th Bench of Central Administrative Tribunal(CAT) for Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh. Jitendra inaugurated through a Video Conference.
- The CAT Bench will handle service matters of government employees. Besides this, CAt will help in reducing the burden of various Courts and will provide a speedy relief in the terms of their grievances and service matters.
- There are three important agencies of DoPT that are now operational in UTs of J&k and Ladakh they are : Central Administrative Tribunals (CAT), Central Information Commission (CIC) and Central Vigilance Commission (CVC).
- At present, CIC is hearing, related to the Right to Information (RTI) Act applications of applicants from the UTs of J&K and Ladakh.
About Jammu & Kashmir –
Union territory – 31 October 2019
Capital – Srinagar (May–October), Jammu (Nov–April)
Districts – 20
Lieutenant Governor – Girish Chandra Murmu
State Animal – Hangul
State Bird – Black necked Crane
State Flower – Lotus
State Tree – Chinar
About Ladakh –
Union territory – 31 October 2019
Capital – Leh, Kargil
District – 2
Lieutenant Governor – Radha Krishna Mathur