SRINAGAR: Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly Speaker Advocate Abdul Rahim Rather has constituted several Financial and House Committees for the year 2026-27, nominating members from treasury and opposition benches to various key panels of the Assembly.
According to the notification issued by the J&K Legislative Assembly Secretariat, the constitution of the three Financial Committees — Committee on Public Accounts, Committee on Estimates and Committee on Public Undertakings — was carried out after a consensus was evolved among legislature parties.
The notification said that although motions regarding elections to the Financial Committees were adopted by the House on March 27, 2026 and a schedule for elections was issued on March 29, no member from any political party filed nomination papers within the stipulated time. Subsequently, parties arrived at a consensus to nominate members in accordance with the principle of proportional representation instead of holding elections.
The Committee on Public Accounts will be headed by Surjeet Singh Slathia as Chairman. Other members include Mubarik Gul, Tariq Hameed Karra, Shamim Firdous, Qaysar Jamshaid Lone, Altaf Ahmad Wani (Kaloo), Abdul Majeed Bhat (Larmi), Ranbir Singh Pathania, Choudhary Mohammad Akram, Vikram Randhawa and Tanvir Sadiq.
The Estimates Committee will be chaired by Nazir Ahmad Khan (Gurezi). Members include Sham Lal Sharma, Ghulam Ahmad Mir, Balwant Singh Mankotia, Ali Mohammad Dar, Javid Hassan Baig, Mushtaq Guroo, Irshad Rasool Kar, Sajad Shaheen, Sunil Bhardwaj and Payare Lal Sharma.
Mir Saifullah has been named Chairman of the Public Undertakings Committee. The committee members are Ajaz Ahmad Jan, Pawan Kumar Gupta, Dr Shafi Ahmad Wani, Rajiv Jasrotia, Saif-ud-Din Bhat, Mian Mehar Ali, Reyaz Ahmad Khan, Arjun Singh Raju, Mohan Lal and Rafiq Ahmad Naik.
The Speaker also constituted several other House Committees through separate notifications issued on May 12, 2026.
Senior CPI(M) leader M Y Tarigami was nominated Chairman of the Committee on Environment. The members include Prof Gharu Ram, Sajad Gani Lone, Baldev Raj Sharma, Daleep Singh, Showkat Hussain Ganie, Javaid Ahmad Mirchal, Dr Sajjad Shafi, Salman Sagar, Javaid Riyaz (Bedar), Dr Rameshwar Singh and Devyani Rana.
Muzaffar Iqbal Khan was appointed Chairman of the Committee on Subordinate Legislation. Other members are Shakti Raj Parihar, Dr Bashir Ahmad Shah Veeri, Irfan Hafiz Lone, Hilal Akbar Lone, Bharat Bhushan, Peerzada Feroze Ahmad, Khursheed Ahmad Sheikh and Aga Syed Muntazir Mehdi.
Muzaffar Iqbal Khan was appointed Chairman of the Committee on Subordinate Legislation. Other members are Shakti Raj Parihar, Dr Bashir Ahmad Shah Veeri, Irfan Hafiz Lone, Hilal Akbar Lone, Bharat Bhushan, Peerzada Feroze Ahmad, Khursheed Ahmad Sheikh and Aga Syed Muntazir Mehdi.
The Committee on Privileges will be headed by Justice Hasnain Masoodi. Members include Peerzada Mohammad Syed, Dr Bashir Ahmad Shah Veeri, Showkat Hussain Ganie, Khurshied Ahmad, Zafar Ali Khatana, Vijay Kumar, Rajeev Kumar and Darshan Kumar. Peerzada Farooq Ahmad Shah was nominated Chairman of the Committee on Petitions. The committee includes Mir Mohammad Fayaz, Javaid Riyaz (Bedar), Dr Sajjad Shafi, Sheikh Ahsan Ahmad (Pardesi), Dr Narinder Singh Raina, Yudhvir Sethi, Javaid Iqbal and Shagun Parihar.
Ali Mohammad Sagar will head the Committee on Government Assurances. The members are Ghulam Mohi-ud-Din Mir, Chander Parkash, Dr Devinder Kumar Manyal, Sheikh Ahsan Ahmad (Pardesi), Iftkar Ahmed, Waheed-ur-Rehman Para, Mehraj Malik and Shabir Ahmad Kullay.
The Ethics Committee has been constituted under the chairmanship of Nizam-ud-Din Bhat. Members include Ghulam Mohi-ud-Din Mir, Salman Sagar, Zafar Ali Khatana, Peerzada Feroze Ahmad, Hilal Akbar Lone, Kuldeep Raj Dubey, Satish Kumar Sharma, Surinder Kumar, Randir Singh and Arvind Gupta.
The Library Committee, with the Speaker as Ex-officio Chairman, includes M Y Tarigami, Peerzada Mohammad Syed, Peerzada Farooq Ahmad Shah, Iftkar Ahmed, Javaid Iqbal, Kuldeep Raj Dubey, Satish Kumar, Darshan Kumar, Vijay Kumar and Aga Syed Muntazir Mehdi.
The General Purposes Committee, also headed by the Speaker as Ex-officio Chairman, includes Leader of Opposition Sunil Kumar Sharma, Surjeet Singh Slathia, Mir Saifullah, Nazir Ahmad Khan (Gurezi), Ali Mohammad Dar, Nizam Uddin Bhat, Yudhvir Sethi, Dr Rameshwar Singh and Randir Singh.
The Rules Committee, with the Speaker as Ex-officio Chairman, comprises Sunil Kumar Sharma, Ali Mohammad Sagar, Mubarik Gul, Justice Hasnain Masoodi, Muzaffar Iqbal Khan, Dr Narinder Singh Raina, Arvind Gupta and Surinder Kumar.
The House Committee, also headed by the Speaker as Ex-officio Chairman, includes Chander Parkash, Dr Devinder Kumar Manyal, Shakti Raj Parihar, Mir Mohammad Fayaz, Javaid Ahmad Mirchal, Khurshied Ahmad, Irfan Hafiz Lone, Shagun Parihar, Shabir Ahmad Kullay and Mehraj Malik.
