HIGH COURT OF JAMMU & KASHMIR AND LADAKH AT JAMMU SWP No. 553/2016 Shamsul Islam & Anr. …..Appellant(s)/Petitioner(s) Through: None. q vs State & Ors. .…. Respondent(s) Through: Mr. Adarsh Bhagat, GA CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJEEV KUMAR, JUDGE ORDER 20.12.2025 01. In this petition, the petitioners seek a writ of mandamus directing the respondents to regularise their services in terms of the J&K Civil Services (Special Provisions) Act, 2016, on the ground that they have completed seven years continuous service as consolidated Watchmen-cum-Chowkidars. 02. The dispute requiring adjudication in the present petition essentially pertains to recruitment/absorption/regularisation in government service and, therefore, amenable to the jurisdiction of the Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT). 03. Accordingly, the present petition is transferred to the CAT, Jammu. The Registry is directed to transmit the record of this petition to the Tribunal forthwith. Upon receipt of the record, the Tribunal shall issue notice to both sides and proceed to dispose of the petition in accordance with law. 04. Disposed of. 05. (Sanjeev Kumar) Judge Jammu 20.12.2025 Abinash 47