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{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2020}}
{{Use Indian English|date=February 2020}}
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{{Infobox legislature
| name = [[Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council, Kargil]]
| house_type = Autonomous District Council
| body = Kargil district
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| leader1 = [[Feroz Ahmad]]
| party1 = [[Jammu and Kashmir National Conference|JKNC]]
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| members = 30 Councillors
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*Government<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-11-19|title=Elsewhere it is part of 'Gupkar Gang' but in Kargil, National Conference is BJP's ally|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/india/elsewhere-it-is-part-of-gupkar-gang-but-in-kargil-nc-is-bjps-ally-7056660/|access-date=2020-11-21|website=The Indian Express|language=en}}</ref>
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| meeting_place = [[Kargil]], [[Ladakh]]
| website = https://kargil.nic.in/lahdc/
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'''Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council, Kargil''' (LAHDC Kargil), is an [[Autonomous regions of India|Autonomous District Council]] that administers the [[Kargil District]] of [[Ladakh]], [[India]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://kargil.nic.in/lahdc/|title=LAHDCK – Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council, Kargil | District Kargil, Government of Jammu & Kashmir | India}}</ref><ref>https://indiacode.nic.in/bitstream/123456789/4912/1/ladakh_autonomous_hill_development_council_act%2C_1997.pdf</ref>

== History==

In October 1993, the central [[Government of India]] and the state [[Government of Jammu and Kashmir]] agreed to grant each district of Ladakh the status of [[Autonomous regions of India|Autonomous Hill Council]]. This agreement was given effect by the Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council Act, 1995. A hill council for Leh district was formed in 1995 and the council for Kargil district was formed in 2003.<ref>{{cite book|last=Bhan|first=Mona|title=The Hill Council and the Healing Touch policy|date=11 September 2013|publisher=Routledge Contemporary South Asia Series|page=63|isbn=9781134509836|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wZTDAAAAQBAJ&q=Contents+in+Counterinsurgency%2C+Democracy+and+the+politics+of+Identity+in+India&pg=PA215}}</ref>

The 3rd General Election of LAHDC-K was held on 22 August 2013.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://kargil.nic.in/election/Council/council_election_2013.htm |title=Archived copy |access-date=16 November 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130917155349/http://kargil.nic.in/election/Council/council_election_2013.htm |archive-date=17 September 2013 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}</ref> Overall voter turnout was 79.65%<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://kargil.nic.in/election/Council/council_election_2013.htm |title=3rd General LAHDCK Election – 2013 |access-date=16 November 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130917155349/http://kargil.nic.in/election/Council/council_election_2013.htm |archive-date=17 September 2013 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}</ref> The election resulted in a hung house at first with the two major parties, Indian National Congress and National Conference, along with their allies the [[Imam Khomeini Memorial Trust, Kargil|IKMT]] and the [[Islamia School, Kargil|Islamia School Kargil]] respectively managing to secure 11 seats each. However, after the deliberations of the State Coordination Committee, the INC was declared to head the new council.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india/uncertainty-looms-over-kargil-council-cec-election/story-gp2guKsxjvYmNxVW9n1ODM.html|title=Uncertainty looms over Kargil council CEC election|date=13 September 2013|website=Hindustan Times}}</ref> Haji Mohammad Hanifa Jan has replaced Haji Asgar Ali Karbalai and took oath as the new Chief Executive Councillor, LAHDC Kargil.{{fact|date=April 2018}}

==Powers==

The autonomous hill councils work with village [[panchayat]]s to take decisions on economic development, healthcare, education, land use, taxation, and local governance which are further reviewed at the block headquarters in the presence of the chief executive councillor and executive councillors.<ref>{{cite web|url = http://reference.allrefer.com/country-guide-study/india/india78.html|title = India|publisher = Allrefer country study guide|access-date = 21 August 2006|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110521234810/http://reference.allrefer.com/country-guide-study/india/india78.html|archive-date = 21 May 2011|url-status = dead}}</ref> The [[Ladakh Police]] continues to look after law and order while [[Administration of Ladakh]] looks after the judicial system, communications and the higher education in the districts.

==Structure==

The council has thirty members of which 26 are directly elected and four are appointed to represent women and minority communities. The council is led by a Chief Executive Councillor, who leads an executive committee of five members.<ref>https://kargil.nic.in/councillors/</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://kargil.nic.in/executive-councilors/|title=Executive Councilors | District Kargil, Government of Jammu & Kashmir | India}}</ref>

===Members by party===

*[[Jammu and Kashmir National Conference|JKNC]] - 10
*[[Indian National Congress|INC]] - 8
*[[Independent (politician)|IND]] - 5
*[[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]] - 3
*Nominated - 4

===Executive committee===
The members of the executive committee are as follows:<ref>{{cite web | url=https://ladakh.nic.in/ladakh-autonomous-hill-development-council-kargil/ | title=Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council, Kargil | publisher=Union Territory of Ladakh | access-date=2 February 2020 }}</ref>

* Feroz Ahmed Khan - Chief Executive Councillor
* Sayeed Mujtaba - Executive Councillor for Social Welfare, Horticulture, Handloom and Animal and Sheep Husbandry
* Syeed Abass Razvi - Executive Councillor for Road and Buildings, Mechanical, Food Civil Supplies, Industries, Commerce, Co-operative, Fisheries and Information
* Punchok Tashi - Executive Councillor for Rural Development, Local Government, Tourism, Handicrafts and Zanskar Affairs
* Mohdammad Ali Chandan - Executive Councillor for Health, Revenue, Agriculture, Conservation, Forestry, Wildlife and Industrial Training Institutes
* Baseer-ul-Haq Choudhary - Chief Executive Officer / District Magistrate

==See also==
* [[Kamatapur Autonomous Council]]
==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==

*[https://kargil.nic.in/lahdc/ Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council, Kargil]

{{Autonomous administrative divisions of India}}

[[Category:Government of Ladakh]]
[[Category:Autonomous regions of India]]
[[Category:States and territories established in 2003]]
[[Category:Kargil district]]
[[Category:2003 establishments in Jammu and Kashmir]]

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