LAHDC, Leh was
constituted in accordance with the Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council
Act, 1995. The council came into being with the holding of elections on August 28,1995.
The inaugural meeting of the council was held at Leh on September 3,1995. The
democratic constitution of the Council has heralded democratic decentralization
of planning process with the involvement of people at the grass root level.
Owing to the difficult geographical problems, the need for greater public
participation in the planning and development process was all the more
necessary.