HIGH COURT OF JAMMU & KASHMIR AND LADAKH AT JAMMU CJ Court Case: CPSW No. 13/2018 in SWP No. 2360/2013 Yash Paul ….. Appellant/Petitioner(s) Through: None. Vs B B Vyas, Chief Secy. & Ors. .…. Respondent(s) Through: Ms. Sagira Jaffer, Assisting counsel to Ms. Monika Kohli, Sr. AAG. CORAM: HON’BLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE (THROUGH VIRTUAL MODE) ORDER 08.05.2026 Vide this petition, the petitioner seeks initiation of contempt proceedings against the respondent-Authorities for willful disobedience of the order dated December 14, 2015, rendered in SWP No.2360/2013. A bare reading of the order referred to above reveals that the petition preferred by the petitioners was disposed of with the following observations: 1) The Deputy Commissioner. Udhampur shall convene the meeting of the Recruitment Committee constituted vide govt. order No.43-GAD of 2006 dated 09-01-2006 for fixing the schedule for conducting interview of all eligible candidates who had applied in response to the advertisement notice no.01 of 2006 dated 20.03.2006 for 165 Calss-IV posts as were available in various departments as referred to in the advertisement notice. 2) A notice shall be issued so as to inform all such candidates who had applied to bring their documents, (qualification, certificates, permanent residence certificates plus any other documents required) on the date of interview. 3) A responsible Committee of three officials/officers shall be constituted who shall scrutinize the documents of the eligible candidates who in response to the notice will choose to appear for interview on the dates as shall be Sr.No. 22 fixed for their interview before the District Level Recruitment Committee. 4) The dates for conduct of interview shall be scheduled in a manner so as to conclude the process within a period of three months from the date of commencement of interview, strictly in accordance with the terms and conditions of the advertisement Notice No.01 of 2006 dated20.03.2006. 5) Notification No. 01 of 2013 dated 9.08.2013 as issued by Deputy Commissioner, Udhampur, which is impugned in these petitions, to the extent it shall be inconsistent or in contravention to the terms and conditions of the advertisement notice No. 01 of 2006 dated 20.03.2006 shall be ignored.’ The matter is pending for over a decade. There has been no representation for three consecutive hearings since 2020. Even today also none is present either on behalf of the petitioner to clarify if anything actually survives in the petition. That being so, the Court is choiceless, but to dismiss the petition for non-prosecution. ( (ARUN PALLI) CHIEF JUSTICE Jammu 08.05.2026 Sunita SUNITA KOUL 2026.05.12 13:20 I attest to the accuracy and integrity of this document