HIGH COURT OF JAMMU & KASHMIR AND LADAKH AT JAMMU CJ Court Case No. : CPOWP No. 69/2010 in [OWP No. 551/2009] Ved Lal Wali and others ….. Appellant/Petitioner(s) Through: Mr. Dalvinder Kumar, Advocate vice Mr. Anil Sethi, Advocate Vs Jai Pal Singh and others .…. Respondent(s) Through: Ms. Sagira Jaffer, Assisting Counsel to Ms. Monika Kohli, Sr.AAG Coram: HON’BLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE ORDER 12.12.2025 Learned counsel for the parties submit that the petition at hand [COA(OWP) No. 69 of 2010], arises out of an interim order dated May 25, 2009, passed in OWP No. 551 of 2009 (Ved Lal Wali and Ors. Vs State of J&K and Ors.). And, in fact, the main case itself has been decided by the Writ Court on May 30, 2023 with a direction to the District Magistrate to consider the claim of the petitioners and pass necessary orders: “The District Magistrate has not taken any action regarding protection and preservation of the property in terms of the Act. He is directed to consider and pass requisite orders in respect to the petitioners’ claim after hearing both the parties. Let this exercise be completed within a period of eight weeks from the date copy of this order is served upon the District Magistrate concerned. This writ petition is disposed of.” In the wake of the above, nothing substantive survives in the petition and the same is disposed of as having been rendered infructuous. ( (ARUN PALLI) CHIEF JUSTICE Jammu 12.12.2025 Suraj Sr.No. 08