Srinagar, Oct. 28 -- Speaker of the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly, Abdul Rahim Rather, on Tuesday clarified that legislators cannot raise questions related to departments under the administrative control of the Lieutenant Governor.

Referring to a query concerning the Home Department, the Speaker said that the question posed by AIP MLA Sheikh Khursheed had to be deleted as it pertained to a department falling under the LG's jurisdiction as per the J&K Reorganisation Act.

Khursheed had sought an explanation for the delay in ex-gratia payments under SRO-43 to families of victims of violence, asking the government to provide timelines for settling pending compensation claims.Family games

The Speaker reiterated that questions relat...