Srinagar/March, 2: The Kashmir Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCCI) here in a statement on Saturday said that it is seeking legal opinion on the orders of Union Cabinet making amendments to the Constitution Application Order of 1954 announcing therein that it would take all stake holders on board for a joint response .
A statement issued by the KCC&I said that taking State Government’s concurrence procured through the Governor when the State was under President’s Rule was an “attack on the constitutional guarantees given to the people of Jammu and Kashmir adding that “In the pursuit of electoral gains, the ruling party had not shied from abusing constitutional positions, without sparing a thought for how ethically or legally valid such actions would be. ”
The statement also said that the KCCI is seeking legal opinion regarding the validity of the orders and would be supporting all stakeholders in whatever response they may jointly choose to take in this regard” adding that “the applicability of any law in Jammu and Kashmir cannot be forced upon the people, more so when the State is under President’s Rule. The process adopted thwarts the democratic process. The proposal sent for approval by the governor is unconstitutional. ”
The KCCl, the statement said, has noted with concern the unprecedented politicization of the Raj Bhawan and how decisions on issues essentially political in nature are being regularly churned out.
“Apart from the statements issued from time to time, mention needs to be made of handing over of the Rattle Power Project, declaration of Ladakh as a division, changes in Stamp Duty Laws, repealing of the Roshini Act, tinkering with the status of the J&K Bank and other such decisions,” the statement reads
