New Delhi, Oct. 17 -- Jammu and Kashmir government issued orders on Thursday for the closure of the 'Darbar Move' offices in the summer capital of Srinagar on 31 October, hours after Chief Minister Omar Abdullah announced therestoration of the tradition.

The Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha-led administration had scrapped the Darbar Move tradition in 2021 to save costs and promote digitisation.

"Today, I have personally signed the official file, and I hope that the order will be issued soon. We are restoring the old tradition of the Darbar Move," Abdullah told reporters on Thursday afternoon.

"We promised people that we would restore the Darbar Move. The Cabinet has taken a decision regarding its restoration and sent it to the Lieutenan...