Justice Tashi Rabstan discusses selection of President, Members of State Commission, and District Commissions under Consumer Protection Act, 2019

By Reach Ladakh Correspondent Leh, Jul 10, 2022
Leh :

Justice Tashi Rabstan, Judge, High Court of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh also the  Chairperson, Selection Committee for the selection of President and Members of the State Commission and District Commissions, UT Ladakh under Consumer Protection Act, 2019 chaired a meeting on July 9 regarding the selection of President and Members of the State Commission and District Commissions under Consumer Protection Act, 2019.

The committee held detailed deliberations on the modalities regarding the selection of Presidents and Members of ‘The State Commission & the ‘District Commissions’. It was decided that the Department of Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs, Ladakh shall issue a notice/advertisement calling for application from eligible candidates separately for the Presidents and Members of State Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (State Commission) for UT Ladakh and District Consumer Disputes Redressal Commissions (District Commissions) for Leh and Kargil districts.  The notice/advertisement should be published in leading national and state newspapers (both Hindi and English) which have maximum readership besides also publicizing the same through media along with the relevant websites of UT Ladakh for information of all willing candidates. It was further decided that the time for receipt of applications from interested candidates may be kept as 40 days. The Department of Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs, Ladakh will devise a feasible mechanism for submission of forms online and offline and deposition of fees online as well as offline mode so that all candidates can easily fill up the requisite forms for the posts of President and Members of State and District Commissions from anywhere in the country.

Principal Secretary, Ladakh, Dr. Pawan Kotwal; Secretary, Food, Civil Supplies, and Consumer Affairs Department, UT Ladakh, K. Mehboob Ali Khan; Director, Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs Department, Tsering Motup; Assistant Director(HQ) office of Director, Food, Civil Supplies, and Consumer Affairs, Ladakh, Ruth Mary, and OSD to Secretary FCS&CA, Ladakh Muhammad Ali Tak attended the meeting.