Jammu & Kashmir government ends 149-year-old ‘Darbar Move’

Jammu and kashmir Polity and Governance

Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha has said the Jammu and Kashmir administration has completely transitioned to e-Office putting an end to the practice of hundreds of years old ‘Darbar Move’, under which the Civil Secretariat and other ‘move offices’ function six months each in Srinagar and Jammu.
The Darbar Move was a biannual practice in which the government functions for six months each in the two capitals of Srinagar and Jammu.
Around 8000-9000 employees working in Civil Secretariats, with headquarters in Jammu and Srinagar, would move along with files twice every year.
On June 20, the Jammu & Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha announced that the administration has completely transitioned to e-office, thereby ending the practice of the bi-annual ‘Darbar Move’.