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[[File:Mr.Singh during a function with officers of the Administration and Police.jpg|thumb|Anantnag]]
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'''Jaipal Singh Law''' (also known as '''J.P. Singh''') is a former bureaucrat and a member of the J&K Public Service Commission,<ref name=":21">{{cite web|url=http://jkpsc.nic.in/pdf/JAIPAL_MEMPSC.pdf|title=Hon'ble Member Jaipal Singh Law, JKPSC}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{cite web|url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/news/jammu-kashmir/deva-is-new-psc-chairman/112543.html|website=Tribune India|title=Deva is new PSC chairman}}</ref> a constitutional body under the erstwhile J&K and Indian constitutions. A retired officer of the [[Jammu and Kashmir (state)|Jammu & Kashmir]] government in India who superannuated from service in 2014. He retired as the Director of The State's Technical Education Department and as one of the seven Directors forming an executive body of the All India Council For Technical Education ([[AICTE]]). He was the head of the Directorate General of YSS J&K and The Secretary of the Sports Council. He is the chairman of the School Games Federation of India (SGFI) legal committee, the head of the Hostel Development committee of the Youth Hostels Association Of India (YHAI) and holds positions in other semi-government bodies. He has served as DM in Anantnag and Rajouri districts over especially disturbed spells of time (2008–12).<ref name=":5">{{cite web|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/kashmir-valley-remains-calm-amid-curfew/article494317.ece|title=Kashmir Valley remains calm amid curfew|author=[[Shujaat Bukhari]]|work=The Hindu}}</ref> He is responsible for the successful conduct of the first Kashmir Premier League (Chinar Cup), the Amarnath Yatra, and for relief work after the [[2005 Kashmir earthquake]].<ref name=":5" /> He was the observer for the [[Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council, Leh]] ([[Autonomous administrative divisions of India]]) elections in 2013.

== Early life ==

Singh shares a close relationship with his elder brother S.K.S Law (a retired [[Indian Police Service|IPS]] officer). They lived at Udhampur where the elder Law served as the police superintendent. Jaipal completed his university education from the University of Jammu in Political Science. He had a business venture before entering government service. He was an avid field hockey player and paraglider.

== Career ==

Early in his career, he served as a Development Officer in North Kashmir, during peak militancy.

He was the [[Deputy commissioner]]/[[District collector|Collector]]<ref name=":4">{{cite web|url=http://www.statetimes.in/news/jaipal-singh-accorded-warm-farewell/|title=Singh Accorded Warm Farewell - State Times|work=State Times|access-date=3 August 2014|archive-url=https://archive.is/20140910233637/http://www.statetimes.in/news/jaipal-singh-accorded-warm-farewell/|archive-date=10 September 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref> of [[Rajouri District]] and [[Anantnag District]] of Kashmir. He was responsible for maintaining law and order in Anantnag as the [[District Magistrate]] during 2008 and 2010. Also was credited with coordinating the [[Amarnath Yatra]] for many years, in second in command and leading administrative capacities. There were mass protest by the locals of [[Anantnag]] against the Govt. when he was posted to a different position, many locals wanted him to continue as the [[District collector]]

He held other posts such as Secretary of the J&K State Sports Council and the Director (Charged [[Director General]])<ref name=":14">{{cite web|url=http://greaterkashmir.com/news/2011/Aug/23/chib-reviews-pace-of-sports-infrastructure-development-14.asp|title=Chib reviews pace of sports infrastructure development|website=Greater Kashmir|date=April 16, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150416174715/http://greaterkashmir.com/news/2011/Aug/23/chib-reviews-pace-of-sports-infrastructure-development-14.asp|archive-date=16 April 2015}} </ref> YSS J&K.

==Family==

Singh is married to Ranjit Kaur, who works in the Department of School Education. He has one son.
== Recognition ==

* Prime Minister's Excellence Award For Public Administration (for relief work after the [[2005 Kashmir earthquake]]).
* State Award for Meritorious Public Service.
* Civil society and Sikh honors.

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