The decision was taken at a cabinet meeting chaired by chief minister Omar Abdullah here this evening.
The cabinet also decided to bring an ordinance for cancelling the BDC polls for which the notification was issued on October 4, an official spokesman said here.
Tomorrow was the last date for filing nominations for the BDC polls. The poll process was to be completed by November 7.
In the last one year, the state government had taken a series of actions to empower panchayats and strengthen the Panchayati Raj system by giving an effective role to the elected representatives at the grass root level, the spokesman said.
However, over the last couple of months, there has been a demand from various stakeholders as well as opinion leaders who have been associated with the governance of panchayats in different parts of the country, for bringing in certain changes in the state