**Policy Summary:**
This notification, issued by the Ministry of Home Affairs, Department of Jammu, Kashmir and Ladakh Affairs, announces the appointment of Shri Kavinder Gupta as the Administrator of the Union Territory of Ladakh. The appointment, effective from July 18, 2025, designates Shri Gupta as the Lieutenant Governor and is made by the President of India, exercising powers conferred by clause 1 of Article 239 of the Constitution of India. The order remains in effect until further notice. The notification is identified by file number F. No. 12011032025L and was published in the Gazette of India: Extraordinary, Part I, Section 2, No. 31, dated Wednesday, July 23, 2025 (Shravana 1, 1947). The Joint Secretary, Prashant Lokhande, is noted in the document.
Key Entities Referenced
Ministry of Home Affairs: The ministry under which the Department of Jammu, Kashmir and Ladakh Affairs falls.
Department of Jammu, Kashmir and Ladakh Affairs: A department within the Ministry of Home Affairs responsible for matters related to the specified regions.
New Delhi: The location of the notification and likely the office of the issuing authority.
Article 239 of the Constitution of India: The constitutional article that grants powers to appoint administrators of Union Territories.
President of India: The highest executive authority who is making the appointment as per the notification.
Kavinder Gupta: The individual appointed as the Administrator of the Union Territory of Ladakh.
Union Territory of Ladakh: The Union Territory where Kavinder Gupta is appointed as Administrator.
Lieutenant Governor: The designation for the Administrator of the Union Territory of Ladakh.
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असाधारण
EXTRAORDINARY
भाग I—खण्ड 2
PART I—Section 2
प्राजधकार स ेप्रकाजित
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
स.ं 31] नई दिल्ली, बुधिार, िुलाई 23, 2025/श्रािण 1, 1947
No. 31] NEW DELHI, WEDNESDAY, JULY 23, 2025/SHRAVANA 1, 1947
गहृ मत्रं ालय
(िम्म ,ू कश्म ीर और लद्दाख जिभाग)
अजधसचू ना
नई दिल्ली, 23 िुलाई, 2025
फा. स.ं 12011/03/2025-एल.—राष्टर पजत भारत के संविधान के अनुच्छेद 239 के खंड (1) द्वारा उन्ह ें
प्रदत्त शवियों का प्रयोग करते हुए, श्री कविंद्र गुप्ता को 18 जुलाई, 2025 से अगले आदेशों तक उप-राज्यपाल के
पिनाम के साथ लद्दाख संघ राज्य क्षेत्र का प्रिासक वनयक्ु त करती ह।ैं
प्रिांत लोखंडे, संयुक् त सजचि
4925 GI/2025 (1)2 THE GAZETTE OF INDIA : EXTRAORDINARY [PART I—SEC. 2]
MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS
(Department of Jammu, Kashmir and Ladakh Affairs)
NOTIFICATION
New Delhi, the 23rd July, 2025
F. No. 12011/03/2025-L.— In exercise of the powers conferred on her by clause (1) of Aritcle 239
of the Constitution of India, the President of India is pleased to appoint Shri Kavinder Gupta as the
Administrator of the Union Territory of Ladakh with the designation of Lieutenant Governor with effect from
18th July, 2025, until further orders.
PRASHANT LOKHANDE, Jt. Secy.
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