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New Delhi: Elections in Jammu and Kashmir can be held any time and a decision on the issue has to be taken by the poll panel, the Centre told the Supreme Court on Thursday while giving a roadmap for restoration of electoral democracy and complete statehood in the union territory.
A five-judge bench headed by Chief Justice DY Chandrachud was told by Solicitor General Tushar Mehta that the decision on elections in J&K have to be taken by the Election Commission of India and the state poll panel.
Mehta told a bench that polls in J&K will be held in three stages - first there will be panchayat polls, second municipal polls and then legislative assembly polls. (with Agency inputs)