Jammu, Feb. 12 -- Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Wednesday said the Jammu Development Authority had regularised 31 residential colonies in Jammu, but further regularisation was halted after the High Court stayed the process.

In a written reply to a question raised by BJP MLA Sham Lal Sharma in the Assembly on regularisation of illegal colonies, Abdullah, who also holds charge of the Housing and Urban Development Department, said the regularisation of colonies was carried out in accordance with various government orders issued between 1974 and 2009, besides directions passed by the court in 2010.

"The process of regularisation of residential colonies in Jammu was initiated earlier and 31 colonies have already been regularised by the JDA...