Order Issued by
the Sadar-i-Riyasat on August 8, 1953
Legal Document No
133
Where as for some months I
have been noticing with growing concern that there
have existed acute differences of opinion between
members of the Government on basic issues -political,
economic and administrative-affecting the vital
interests of the State;
And whereas members of the
Government have been publicly expressing sharply
conflicting points of view regarding these matters;
And whereas on these
fundamental issues the view of a majority of the
members the Cabinet are sharply opposed to the view
held by the Prime Minister and one of his colleagues;
And whereas efforts to work
in harmony and pull together as a team having failed,
and the majority in the Cabinet has expressed that,
lacking as it does in unity of purpose and Action, the
present Cabinet has lost the confidence of the people;
And whereas the economic
distress of the people has considerably increased
which needs prompt and serious attention;
And whereas a state has
reached in which the very process of honest and
efficient administration has become impracticable;
And whereas finally, the
functioning of the present Cabinet on the basis of
joint responsibility has become impossible and the
resultant conflicts have gravely jeopardised the
unity, prosperity and stability of the State;
I, Karan Singh,
Sadar-i-Riyasat, functioning in the interests of the
people of the State, who have reposed the
responsibility and authority of the Headship of the
State in me, do hereby dismiss Sheikh Mohammad
Abdullah from the Prime Ministership of the State of
Jammu and Kashmir, and consequently the Council of
Ministers headed by him is dissolved forthwith.
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