JAMMU: The next meeting of the Business Rules Committee of J&K Legislature will be held on February 4, 2024.

The meeting will be held under the chairmanship of Speaker J&K Legislative Assembly, Abdul Rahim Rather in his office chamber at LA complex, Jammu at 11 am.

So far, the Rules Committee, constituted to draft rules of procedure for conducting business in the J&K Legislative Assembly, has met twice.

Nine-member panel was announced on December 24, 2024 by the Speaker, in exercise of the powers conferred by Rule 363 of the Rules of Procedure and Conduct of Business in the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly. Speaker is the ex-officio chairman of the committee.

Its maiden meeting was held on January 1, 2025. In its second meeting on January 7, 2025, it was decided that the committee would focus on removing anomalies in the existing rules in the first instance as framing new rules remains the exclusive domain of the Lieutenant Governor.

Committee has been asked to finalise the draft Rules of Procedure and Conduct of Business in the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly, prior to the commencement of the ensuing Budget session, scheduled to begin from March 3, 2025.

Other eight MLAs, nominated as panel's members, included former Speaker Mubarik Gul (NC); Mohammad Yousuf Tarigami (CPI-M); Saifullah Mir (NC); Nizam-ud-Din Bhat (Congress); Pawan Kumar Gupta (BJP), Justice (retired) Hasnain Masoodi (NC), Ranbir Singh Pathania (BJP) and Muzaffar Iqbal Khan, (independent).