Opposition parties, particularly the National Conference, the Congress, the Apni Party, and the PDP, have been vocal about their commitment to restoring the traditional practice of the 'Darbar Move' if voted to power in the ongoing Assembly polls.
The L-G had on June 20 announced that the Jammu and Kashmir administration has completely transitioned to e-office, thereby ending the practice of the biannual ‘darbar move’
Civil Secretariat of Jammu and Kashmir administration opened in winter capital on November 09.
The 'Darbar Move'- the six-monthly shifting of top government offices in J&K between the summer and the winter capitals of Srinagar and Jammu - will take place partially this year because of the pandemic.
The bi-annual shift is the first after the state's bifurcation into two Union Territories of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh which came into existence on October 31. Girish Chandra Murmu, who assumed office as the first Lieutenant Governor of the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir on October 31 at Raj Bhavan in Srinagar
Under the bi-annual 'Darbar Move', the government of Jammu and Kashmir functions for six months each in Srinagar and Jammu. This is the first 'Darbar Move' after the state's bifurcation into UTs -- Jammu and Kashmir, and Ladakh -- which came into existence on October 31
All the top administrative offices, including the Governor's house and the Secretariat, would move down to the winter capital Jammu this year also to keep up the tradition of the 'Darbar Move'.
Srinagar: Civil Secretariat and other offices of Jammu and Kashmir government will close in this summer capital on October 25 and reopen in Jammu on November 4, as part of Darbar Move, a century-old practice
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