Girish Chandra Murmu appointed first Lt Governor of J&K, SP Malik has been moved to Goa

Girish Chandra Murmu and R K Mathur have been appointed the new Lt Governors of Jammu-Kashmir and Ladakh respectively.
While Murmu,is serving as the Expenditure Secretary in the Union Finance Ministry, Mathur is a former Chief Information Commissioner (CIC).
The incumbent governor of the state, Satya Pal Malik, has been moved to Goa.

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The two Union Territories will come into existence on October 31.
The Modi government had on August 5 abrogated provisions of Article 370 that granted a special status to Jammu and Kashmir.