JAMMU, July 4 -- The Leh Apex Body (LAB) and the Kargil Democratic Alliance (KDA), the two civil society organisations spearheading Ladakh's agitation for statehood with legislature and constitutional guarantees under the Sixth Schedule, signed off on the minutes of the May 22 sub-committee meeting on Friday, following a three-hour meeting in Leh chaired by Ladakh chief secretary Ashish Kundra, after weeks of disagreement over a clause on officers' performance appraisals. LAB had refused to sign the May 22 minutes after a clause on control over officers' Annual Performance Appraisal Reports (APARs) was left out. The dispute is part of a broader negotiation that has been strained since September 24, when a Leh protest turned violent, four pe...