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{{infobox government
| government_name = [[Government of Ladakh]]
| image = [[File:Seal of Ladakh.png|300px]]
| division_type = [[Seat of government|Seat of Government]]
| division = [[Leh]], [[Kargil]]
| leader_type = [[Governor (India)|Governor]]
| leader_title = Lt. Governor [[R. K. Mathur]]
| leader_type4 = [[Chief secretary (India)|Chief Secretary]]
| leader_title4 = Rigzin Sampheal
| branch4 = [[Judiciary of India|Judiciary]]
| court_name = [[High courts of India|High Court]]
| court = [[Jammu and Kashmir High Court]]
| chief_justice_label = [[List of current Indian chief justices|Chief Justice]]
| chief_justice = [[Pankaj Mithal]]
}}

'''The Administration of Union Territory of Ladakh''' <small>([[sic]])</small><ref>https://cdnbbsr.s3waas.gov.in/s395192c98732387165bf8e396c0f2dad2/uploads/2019/11/2019110127.pdf</ref> is the governing authority of the [[India]]n [[States and union territories of India|union territory]] of [[Ladakh]] and its [[Districts of Ladakh|two districts]]. The Administration is led by a [[Lieutenant Governor of Ladakh|Lieutenant Governor]] appointed by the [[President of India]] who acts on behalf of the central [[Government of India]]. Ladakh does not have an elected legislative assembly.<ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=https://www.businesstoday.in/current/economy-politics/jammu-and-kashmir-crisis-live-updates-governor-reviews-security-situation-in-state/story/370856.html|title=Article 370 revoked Updates: Jammu & Kashmir is now a Union Territory, Lok Sabha passes bifurcation bill|website=www.businesstoday.in}}</ref> The two districts of Ladakh both elect their own [[autonomous district council]]-the [[Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council, Leh|Leh Autonomous Hill development council]] and the [[Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council, Kargil|Kargil Autonomous Hill development Council]], which have competence over a range of domestic affairs.<ref>https://indiacode.nic.in/bitstream/123456789/4912/1/ladakh_autonomous_hill_development_council_act%2C_1997.pdf</ref>

==History of Ladakh==
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Ladakh became part of the [[Dominion of India]] on 26 October 1947 as a region of the [[State of Jammu and Kashmir]]. The status of the region was degraded to that of a [[Divisions of India|Revenue and Administrative Division]] of Jammu and Kashmir in February 2019<ref>https://jkgad.nic.in/common/showOrder.aspx?actCode=S28568</ref> and Ladakh became a union territory in its own right on 31 October 2019.<ref>https://www.indiatoday.in/mail-today/story/ladakh-residents-happy-thank-govt-for-new-status-1614600-2019-11-01</ref>

==Executive and legislative authority==
Ladakh is administered as a [[union territory]] without a legislative assembly by virtue of [[s:Constitution of India/Part VIII|Article 240 (2)]] of the [[Constitution of India]] and under the terms of the [[Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Act, 2019]]. Union territory of Ladakh will be administered by the President acting through a Lieutenant Governor to be appointed by him under Article 239. The President may make regulations for the peace, progress and good government of the Union territory of Ladakh under article 240. The Lieutenant Governor shall be assisted by advisor(s) to be appointed by the
Central Government.<ref>https://www.prsindia.org/sites/default/files/bill_files/Jammu%20and%20Kashmir%20Reorganisation%20Act,%202019.pdf</ref>

==Judiciary and law enforcement==
Ladakh is under the jurisdiction of the [[Jammu and Kashmir High Court]] which sits in [[Jammu]] and [[Srinagar]].<ref> https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/j-k-ladakh-now-union-territories-to-have-common-high-court-2124978</ref> Law enforcement is the responsibility of the [[Ladakh Police]] which is under the authority of the [[Ministry of Home Affairs (India)|Ministry of Home Affairs]] of the Government of India.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.amarujala.com/jammu/ladakh-will-have-its-own-state-police-jammu-kashmir-police-will-report-to-lieutenant-governor|title=लद्दाख की अपनी होगी खाकी, जम्मू-कश्मीर पुलिस भी दिल्ली की तरह उप राज्यपाल को करेगी रिपोर्ट|website=Amar Ujala}}</ref>

==Office holders==
*[[Lieutenant Governor of Ladakh]] - [[R. K. Mathur|Radha Krishna Mathur]]
**[[Chief secretary (India)|Advisor to the Lieutenant Governor]] - Umang Narula<ref name=TI1>{{cite news | url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/archive/umang-narula-made-adviser-to-ladakh-s-lt-governor-ss-khandare-appointed-police-head-854003 | title=Umang Narula made adviser to Ladakh’s Lt Governor, SS Khandare appointed police head | date=30 October 2019 | newspaper=The Tribune | location=India | access-date=2 February 2020}}</ref>
**[[Chief secretary (India)|Commissioner Secretary]] - Rigzin Sampheal
**[[Divisional Commissioner]] - Saugat Biswas
**[[Inspector general of police|Director General of Police]] - S. S. Khandare<ref name=TI1 />
***[[District magistrate|Deputy Commissioner]] [[Kargil District]] - Baseer-ul-Haq Choudhary
****[[Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council, Kargil|Chief Executive Councillor LAHDC Kargil]] - Feroz Ahmed Khan
***[[District magistrate|Deputy Commissioner]] [[Leh District]] - Sachin Kumar Vaishya
****[[Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council, Leh|Chief Executive Councillor LAHDC Leh]] - Tashi Gyalson

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://ladakh.nic.in/ Official website]
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