10 Regular HIGH COURT OF JAMMU & KASHMIR AND LADAKH AT SRINAGAR CM No. 1558/2025 In LPA No. 56/2025 CM Nos. 1559/2025 & 1560/2025 Union Territory of J&K & Ors ….. Appellant (s) Through: Mr. Illyas Laway, GA V/s Hotel New Metro ….. Respondent(s) Through: Mr. Jahangir Iqbal Ganai, Sr. Adv. with Mr. Owais Majeed, Adv. Coram: Hon’ble Mr. Justice Rajnesh Oswal, Judge. Hon’ble Mr. Justice Mohd Yousuf Wani, Judge ORDER 24.03.2025 1. Notice. 2. Mr. Owais Majeed, Advocate enters appearance and accepts notice on behalf of the respondent. 3. Learned Senior Counsel appearing on behalf of the respondents has submitted that the present application along with the appeal may be disposed of as the instant appeal has arisen out of the interim order dated 18.03.2023. 4. We have examined the order dated 18.03.2023 whereby the learned writ Court has directed that the amount of Rs. 74,65,114/- be not used and utilized for any other purpose by the applicants/respondents therein and be kept in FDR initially for a period of six months. The order impugned is subject to modification/vacation/alteration on motion. The applicants are well within their rights to approach the learned writ Court for modification/alteration of the order dated 18.03.2023. P a g e | 2 CM No. 1558/2025 In LPA No. 56/2025 CM Nos. 1559/2025 & 1560/2025 5. At this stage, Mr. Illyas Laway, learned GA submits that the applicants/respondents have filed response to the main writ petition and the pleadings in the case are complete. 6. In view of this, we dispose of the present application along with the appeal by requesting the learned writ court to consider and finally adjudicate the writ petition preferred by the respondents. We expect that both the parties shall render all possible assistance to the learned writ Court for expeditious disposal of the main writ petition particularly in view of the fact that the matter is listed tomorrow. The parties are at liberty to make mention before the learned writ Court to take up the matter in the first session itself. (Mohd Yousuf Wani) (Rajnesh Oswal) Judge Judge SRINAGAR 24.03.2025 Aasif