HIGH COURT OF JAMMU & KASHMIR AND LADAKH AT JAMMU CJ Court Case: CPSW No. 329/2016 in SWP No. 1269/2016 Dr. Rakesh Banal ….. Appellant/Petitioner(s) Through: None Vs M. K. Bhandari, Secy. Med. Education & Anr. .…. Respondent(s) Through: Ms. Saliqa Sheikh, Assisting Counsel vice Mr. Raman Sharma, AAG Coram: HON’BLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE ORDER 24.04.2026 Per office report dated April 22, 2026, notices could not be issued to the respondents for want of registered covers. None is present either on behalf of the petitioner to pursue the petition, which is pending for over a decade. That being so, the Court is choiceless but to dismiss the petition for non-prosecution. ( (ARUN PALLI) CHIEF JUSTICE Jammu 24.04.2026 Pawan Chopra/Secy. Sr.No. 32 Pawan Chopra 2026.04.24 20:57 I attest to the accuracy and integrity of this document