HIGH COURT OF JAMMU & KASHMIR AND LADAKH AT JAMMU CJ Court Case: CPSW No. 294/2018 in SWP No. 3083/2017 Masarat Jabeen ….. Appellant/Petitioner(s) Through: None. Vs Sajad Khan & Ors. .…. Respondent(s) Through: Ms. Pallavi Sharma, Assisting counsel to Mr. Ravinder Gupta, 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 29, 2017, rendered in SWP No.3083/2017. A bare reading of the order referred to above reveals that the petition preferred by the petitioner was disposed of by the Writ Court with a direction to the respondent-Board to accord due consideration to the representation of the petitioner within the fixed time frame, subject to the submission of the requisite valid degree certificate by the petitioner. The matter is pending since 2018 and nearly eight years have gone by. 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 Sr.No. 46 SUNITA KOUL 2026.05.12 13:21 I attest to the accuracy and integrity of this document