MOHD.IQBAL v. KHURSHEED AHMED SECY.G.A.D. AND ORS.
CPSW/635/2017 · 2026-07-24
Sindhu Sharma
Special Leave Petitionbody2017
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Sr. No. 40
HIGH COURT OF JAMMU & KASHMIR AND LADAKH AT JAMMU
CPSW No. 635/2017 in SWP No. 2916/2015
Mohd. Iqbal
…. Petitioner/Appellant(s)
Through:- None.
V/s
Khursheed Ahmed and others
…..Respondent(s)
Through:- Ms. Nisha Kangotra, Advocate vice Mrs. Monika Kohli, Sr. AAG.
CORAM: HON’BLE MRS. JUSTICE SINDHU SHARMA, JUDGE
ORDER
24.07.2026
1. The petitioner seeks compliance of the judgment dated 31.08.2017 passed in SWP No. 2916/2015 titled ‘Mohd. Iqbal vs. State of J&K and others’.
2. There has been no representation on behalf of the petitioner on the last nine consecutive dates of hearing. Today also, when the matter was taken up, none appeared on behalf of the petitioner.
3. It appears that the judgment dated 31.08.2017 was assailed by the respondents in LPA No. 37/2018 titled 'State of J&K vs. Mohd. Iqbal', which came to be dismissed vide judgment dated 03.05.2018. Thereafter, the respondents preferred SLP(C) Diary No. 30263/2018 titled 'State of J&K vs. Mohd. Iqbal', which also came to be dismissed by the Hon'ble Supreme Court vide order dated 12.08.2025.
4. Learned counsel for the respondents submits that the judgment has been implemented by issuance of Government Order No. 293-JK(GAD) of 2026 dated 06.03.2026, whereby it has, inter alia, been directed that:
CPSW No. 635/2017
“(i) The retired official (petitioner) shall be entitled to payment of salary and other service benefits to which he would have been entitled to, in the absence of Government Order No. 877-GAD of 2015 dated 30.06.2015. (ii) The release of consequential benefits shall depend upon the outcome of the pending criminal trial/departmental proceedings/court case, if any, against the petitioner. (iii) The payment of salary in terms of the instant Government Order shall be subject to the deduction of three months' salary and allowances paid to him at the time of premature retirement, in lieu of notices as envisaged under Article 226(2) of J&K CSRs. (iv) The retired official (petitioner) shall furnish an undertaking to the effect that he was not gainfully employed anywhere during the period w.e.f. 30.06.2015 (date of premature retirement) upto 28.02.2018 (date of superannuation)."
5. A copy of the aforesaid Government Order is taken on record.
6. In view of the aforesaid, the judgment having been implemented, no further proceedings survive in the present contempt petition. Accordingly, the proceedings in the contempt petition are closed. The petitioner shall, however, be at liberty to seek revival of the same, if cause survives.
(Sindhu Sharma) Judge
Jammu:
24.07.2026 Michal Sharma/PS