HIGH COURT OF JAMMU & KASHMIR AND LADAKH AT JAMMU SWP No.15/2016 Date of pronouncement: 20.12.2025 Uploaded on : .12.2025 Gurmeet Singh Age: 47 years S/o Late Sh. Sardool Singh R/o H.No.42, Ward No.8, R.S. Pura, Jammu. ..... Petitioner(s) Through :- None v/s 1. The State of Jammu Kashmir through its Commissioner/Secretary, Education Department. 2. Chairman, State Board of School Education, Jammu & Kashmir 3. Secretary, State Board of School Education, Jammu & Kashmir 4. Mr. Ashok Kumar, Section Officer, JKBOSE at Rehari, Jammu. And fifteen others. .....Respondent(s) Through :- Ms. Jagmeet Kour, Advocate vice Mr. Raman Sharma, AAG Mr. B.S.Bali, Advocate CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJEEV KUMAR, JUDGE ORDER 20.12.2025 1. In this petition, the petitioner is seeking a writ of certiorari to quash order No.599-B of 2015 dated 25.08.2015 passed by the State Board of School Education, which the petitioner alleges has been passed by ignoring the seniority of the petitioner. 2. Mr.B.S.Bali, learned counsel for the State Board of School Education submits that as per his information, during pendency of this petition, the petitioner has passed away. Sr. No. 05 2 3. If that be the position, there is no effort made by anybody to move an application for substitution of legal heirs in place of the petitioner. Possibly because of this reason, nobody has come present. 4. This petition is, accordingly, dismissed as having been abated. (Sanjeev Kumar) Judge JAMMU 20.12.2025 Vinod. Whether order is speaking: Yes/No Whether order is reportable: Yes/No Vinod Kumar 2025.12.23 13:10 I attest to the accuracy and integrity of this document