Jammu and Kashmir High Court
WP(C)/1318/2022 of SHAFKET ALI AND OTHERS Vs UT OF J AND K TH PRINCIPAL SECRETARY TO GOVT RDD AND PR AND OTHERS on 30 June 2026
OF JAMMU & KASHMIR AND LADAKH AT JAMMU WP(C) No. 1318/2022 CM Nos. 3726/2022 & 941/2024 c/w WP(C) No. 1317/2022 CM Nos. 3725/2022, 1887/2024, 939/2024 & 1514/2024 WP(C) No. 1323/2022 CM Nos. 3731/2022, 938/2024 & 1515/2024 WP(C) No. 1392/2022 CM Nos. 1608/2024 & 3840/2022
HIGH COURT OF JAMMU & KASHMIR AND LADAKH
AT JAMMU
WP(C) No. 1318/2022
CM Nos. 3726/2022 & 941/2024
c/w
WP(C) No. 1317/2022
CM Nos. 3725/2022, 1887/2024, 939/2024 &
WP(C) No. 1323/2022
CM Nos. 3731/2022, 938/2024 & 1515/2024
WP(C) No. 1392/2022
CM Nos. 1608/2024 & 3840/2022
WP(C) No. 1399/2022
CM Nos. 3868/2022, 942/2024 & 957/2024
WP(C) No. 1400/2022
CM Nos. 3869/2022, 1888/2024, 936/2024 &
WP(C) No. 1403/2022
CM Nos. 3873/2022, 943/2024 & 958/2024
Shafket Ali and ors.
…..Appellant(s)/Petitioner(s)
Through: Mr. N. D. Qazi, Advocate in
WP(C)
Nos.
1318/2022,
WP(C)
No.
1317/2022 & WP(C) No. 1323/2022
Mr. Mazher Ali Khan, Advocate in WP(C)
No. 1392/2022, WP(C) No. 1399/2022,
WP(C) No. 1400/2022 & WP(C) No.
vs
UT of J&K and ors.
.…. Respondent(s)
Through: Mr. Raman Sharma, AAG with
Ms. Saliqa Sheikh, Assisting counsel
Coram: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJNESH OSWAL, JUDGE
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ORDER
30.06.2026
WP(C) Nos. 1392/2022, WP(C) No. 1399/2022, WP(C) No. 1400/2022 & WP(C) No. 1403/2022
1. Learned counsel for the petitioners appearing in above mentioned petitions submits that these petitions have been rendered infructuous with efflux of time.
2. Disposed of. WP(C) No. 1318/2022, WP(C) No. 1317/2022 & WP(C) No. 1323/2022 Serial No. 25
2 WP(C) No. 1318/2022 a/w connected petitions
3. Learned counsel for the petitioners in all these connected petitions submits that relief bearing Nos. i and ii though have been rendered infructuous with efflux of time but the relief sought by the petitioners for commanding the respondents to place the petitioners in the pay grade of Rs. 3200 on the analogy of the pay grade granted to the GRS of Himachal Pradesh still survives.
4. In Para ‘16’of the writ petition, the petitioners have laid the foundation for the relief sought by them as mentioned above. Interestingly, the official respondents though have filed response but have chosen to remain silent with regard to specific claim made in Para ‘16’ of the petition.
5. In view of the above and with consent of the learned counsel appearing for the parties, the present petitions are disposed of by directing the official respondents to consider the claim of the petitioners for placing them in the pay grade of Rs. 3200/- on the analogy of the GRS appointed in Himachal Pradesh and pass appropriate orders in accordance with law. Needless to say that this Court has not examined the merits of the claim of the petitioners and this Court is sanguine that the official respondents shall pass appropriate orders within a period of three months from the receipt of this order.
6. Disposed of.
(RAJNESH OSWAL)
JUDGE
Jammu 30.06.2026 Neha-II
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