Serial No. 79 Regular Cause list HIGH COURT OF JAMMU & KASHMIR AND LADAKH AT SRINAGAR WP(C) 1006/2022 CM(83/2026 c/w i)WP(C) 527/2022 RABIYA JAN AND ORS. …Appellant(s)/Petitioner(s) Through: Mr. M.A. Wani, Advocate Vs. UNION TERRITORY OF J AND K AND ORS. ...Respondent(s) Through: None CORAM: HON’BLE MS. JUSTICE MOKSHA KHAJURIA KAZMI, JUDGE. ORDER 04.03.2026 Learned counsel for the petitioners states that in terms of Judgment titled Naza Bano and Anr. Vs. State of J&K passed on 02.03.2024, the matter is required to be transferred to the Central Administrative Tribunal, Srinagar. The subject matter of both the petitions fall within the definition of ‘service matters’ as contained in Section 3(q) of the Administrative Tribunals Act, 1985 (hereinafter referred to as ‘the Act’), which has become applicable to the Union Territories of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh, after coming into force of the Jammu and Kashmir Re-organization Act, 2019 w. e. f 31.10.2019. Section 29 of the Act provides for transfer of the pending cases of such nature to the Central Administrative Tribunal upon establishment of the Tribunal. A permanent Bench of the Central Administrative Tribunal stands established at Srinagar with its jurisdiction extending to the Kashmir Province and Kargil District of Ladakh and it has started functioning at Srinagar. Accordingly, WP(C) No. 1006/2022 and WP(C) No. 527/2022 shall stand transferred to the Central Administrative Tribunal, Srinagar Bench. Registry is directed to immediately transmit the record of the cases to the Central Administrative Tribunal, Srinagar Bench, where the parties in both the petitions shall appear on 06.04.2026. (MOKSHA KHAJURIA KAZMI) JUDGE SRINAGAR: 04.03.2026 “Misba”