On the recommendation of Parliament, the President of India effectively abrogated Article 370 of the Indian Constitution and gave assent to the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganization Act, 2019. The former state of Jammu Kashmir has been reorganized as the new Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir and the new Union Territory of Ladakh on 31 October 2019, The new Union Territory of Ladakh consists of two districts of Kargil and Leh.

The rest of the former State of Jammu and Kashmir is in the new Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir By 2019, the state government of former Jammu and Kashmir had reorganized the areas of these 14 districts into 28 districts. The names of the new districts are as follows- Kupwara, Bandipur, Ganderbal, Srinagar, Budgam, Pulwama, Shupian, Kulgam, Rajouri, Ramban, Doda, Kishtivar, Samba and Kargil. Out of these, Kargil district was carved out from the area of Leh and Ladakh district. The Leh district of the new Union Territory of Ladakh has been defined in the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganization (Removal of Difficulties) Second Order, 2019, issued by the President of India, to include the areas of the districts of Gilgit, Gilgit Wazarat.

Chilhas and Tribal Territory of 1947, in addition to the remaining areas of Leh and Ladakh districts of 1947, after carving out the Kargil District. [Extracted from the article of Press Information Bureau, published by the Union Home Ministry on 2nd November 2019]

Which of the following is false?

The correct option is All of the above (meaning all three statements presented in the options are false).

Let us analyze each statement step-by-step based on the provided text and official legal/historical facts regarding the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Act, 2019:

1. Statement 1: "Kargil was formerly a union territory"
Analysis: Before the reorganisation on 31 October 2019, Kargil was a district within the former State of Jammu and Kashmir, not a Union Territory by itself. Under the 2019 Act, Kargil became one of the two districts (along with Leh) comprising the newly formed Union Territory of Ladakh. Thus, statement 1 is false.

2. Statement 2: "Ladakh is administered by J&K assembly"
Analysis: The Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Act, 2019 created two separate Union Territories:
• Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir (with a Legislative Assembly)
• Union Territory of Ladakh (without a Legislative Assembly, administered directly by the President through a Lieutenant Governor)
Ladakh is completely separate from Jammu & Kashmir and is not administered by the J&K assembly. Thus, statement 2 is false.

3. Statement 3: "Fifteen new districts were formed to be part of J & K in 2019"
Analysis: As described in the passage, the reorganisation of districts into 28 total districts took place over time by the former state government (not 15 new districts formed specifically to be part of J&K in 2019). The passage mentions 14 specific new districts carved out earlier (such as Kupwara, Bandipur, Ganderbal, etc.), but Kargil became part of Ladakh, not J&K. Therefore, statement 3 is false.

Since statements 1, 2, and 3 are all incorrect/false, the correct option identifying which statement is false is All of the above.