HIGH COURT OF JAMMU & KASHMIR AND LADAKH AT JAMMU CJ Court Case No. : CPSW No. 241/2014 in SWP No. 65/2014 Vijay Kumar and Anr. ….. Appellant/Petitioner(s) Through: None Vs Hirdesh Kumar and Ors. .…. Respondent(s) Through: Ms. Saliqa Sheikh, Assisting Counsel to Mr. Raman Sharma, AAG Coram: HON’BLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE ORDER 20.12.2025 The petitioners seek initiation of contempt proceedings against the respondents for willful disobedience of the interim order dated January 10, 2014, passed in CMA No. 72 of 2014 in SWP No. 65 of 2014 (Vijay Kumar and Anr. Vs State of J&K and Ors.) vide which the Writ Court while issuing notice had also observed that two posts of Lab Assistants in Jammu District shall not be filled until further orders. Records show that vide a subsequent order dated July 08, 2022, the main case (SWP No. 65 of 2014) itself was transferred to the Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT), Jammu Bench, Jammu in view of the Notification No. G.S.R.317(E) dated 28th May 2020 issued by the Central Government under Section 5(7) of the CAT Act. For, over 11 years have gone by, none is present on behalf of the petitioners to confirm if the matter is still pending adjudication before the Tribunal. Thus, the Court is choiceless but to dismiss the petition for non prosecution. Dismissed for non prosecution. ( (ARUN PALLI) CHIEF JUSTICE Jammu 20.12.2025 Suraj Sr.No. 13 CPOWP No. 83/2010 Page 2 of 2