Jammu and Kashmir High Court
WP(C)/822/2026 of SHAISTA ADFAR THROUGH HER FATHER Vs JAMMU AND KASHMIR BOARD OF SCHOOL EDUCATION TH.SECRETARY AND OTHERS on 22 April 2026
No.260 Supplementary Cause list HIGH COURT OF JAMMU & KASHMIR AND LADAKH AT SRINAGAR WP(C) 822/2026 CM(2120/2026) 1. Shaista Adfar, Age 15 Years (Minor) D/O Mohammad Ashraf Lone R/O KhargundChowgam Tehsil Devsar, District Kulgam Through her father and natural guardian Mohammad Ashraf Lone
Serial No.260
Supplementary Cause list
HIGH COURT OF JAMMU & KASHMIR AND LADAKH
AT SRINAGAR
WP(C) 822/2026
CM(2120/2026)
1. Shaista Adfar, Age 15 Years (Minor)
D/O Mohammad Ashraf Lone
R/O KhargundChowgam
Tehsil Devsar, District Kulgam
Through her father and natural guardian
Mohammad Ashraf Lone
…Appellant(s)/Petitioner(s)
Through:
Mr. Aushaq Hussain Shah, Advocate
Vs.
1. Jammu and Kashmir Board of School
Education, Bemina, Srinagar – 190018,
through its Secretary
2. Registrar Birth & Death,
Council
Anantnag,
Court
Road
Anantnag
3. Chief Education Officer, Kulgam,
Kulgam – 192231, UT of J&K
4. Zonal
Education
Officer,
Devsar,
District Kulgam – 192231, UT of J&K
5. Principal,
Government
Higher
Secondary School, Chowgam, Tehsil
Devsar, District Kulgam – 192231, UT
of J&K
...Respondent(s)
Through: None
CORAM:
HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE M. A. CHOWDHARY, JUDGE.
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ORDER
22.04.2026
1. Petitioner, through the medium of this petition, seeks direction for correction of her date of birth, recorded in the certificate issued by the Municipal Council, Anantnag, with a direction to the respondents to provisionally accept and process the admission form of the petitioner for Class 11th.
2. Heard.
3. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner would feel satisfied, in case the present petition is disposed of at this stage, with a
direction to respondent No. 2, to consider the case of the petitioner for correction of her date of birth, in accordance with law.
4. Having regard to the limited nature of controversy, the present petition is disposed of at its threshold, with a direction to respondent No. 2 to consider the correction of Date of Birth of the petitioner in the Municipal records, after proper verification, and of course in accordance with law, on the subject.
5. The petition is thus disposed of, along with connected CM.
(M. A. CHOWDHARY)
JUDGE
SRINAGAR: 22.04.2026 “Adil Ismail”