President Appoints Girish Chandra Murmu As The First-Ever Lt Governor Of Union Territory Of J&K

With the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) set to be bifurcated and formally become a Union Territory (UT) of India on 31 October, the Government of India on Friday (25 October) appointed the first-ever Lt Governor of the to be UT of J&K, reports Asian News International (ANI).

Taking the charge of affairs from the incumbent Governor Satya Pal Malik, senior Gujarat-cadre IAS officer of 1985-batch, Girish Chandra Murmu will be the first-ever Lt Governor of the new UT of J&K.

As the Lt Governor of the newly created UT, Murmu will hold the authority over powerful all India services like the Indian Administrative Service (IAS), Indian Police Service (IPS) and Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) in the UT.

Meanwhile, the incumbent Governor Malik has been appointed as the Governor of Goa.