‘Govt doesn’t know who is Sher-e-Kashmir ’

Rising Kashmir: Jammu: Saturday, 05 December 2015.

In reply to an RTI application, the General Administration Department (GAD) of the government on Friday said that it has no record available to say, who is ‘Sher-e-Kashmir’ in the State.

RTI activist Deepak Sharma had filed an RTI with the PIO of Governor’s Secretariat, seeking information regarding title ‘Sher-e-Kashmir’ if conferred upon by government to any person in the State of Jammu and Kashmir.

The PIO, Raj Bhawan, transferred the RTI application to the PIO General Administration Department, who vide his reply no. GAD/RTI (Adm)/1553/2015 informed the RTI applicant that there is no information available on the records of the GAD to the query asked by the applicant.

Interestingly, Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah, the founder of National Conference is known as Sher-e-Kashmir.

Many institutes and establishments in the state have been named after the NC founder. These include Sher-e-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences (SKIMS), Soura; Sher-e-Kashmir Municipal Park and Sher-e-Kashmir cricket stadium.

Expressing surprise over the reply of the PIO, Deepak said on one hand many institutes and establishments  in the state have been named  after ‘Sher-e-Kashmir’  and on the other hand Government has no record regarding who  is ‘Sher-e-Kashmir’.