Dimapur, March 7 (MExN): The Government on Friday constituted a Delimitation Commission, to be headed by former Supreme Court judge Ranjana Prakash Desai, to redraw Lok Sabha and assembly constituencies of the northeastern states of Nagaland, Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur and the Union Territory Jammu and Kashmir, a law ministry notification said.
Election Commissioner Sushil Chandra and state election commissioners of the four states and Jammu and Kashmir will be the ex-officio members, it said.
The Commission will delimit the constituencies of Jammu and Kashmir in accordance with the provisions of the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Act, and of Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur and Nagaland in accordance with the provisions of the Delimitation Act, 2002, the notification said.
Delimitation is the process of fixing limits or boundaries of territorial constituencies in a country or a province with a legislative body.
The appointment of Justice (retd) Desai will be for a period of one year or till further orders, whichever is earlier, the notification said.
