HIGH COURT OF JAMMU & KASHMIR AND LADAKH AT JAMMU Uploaded on 03.12.2025 CJ Court WP(C) No. 3371/2025 Kirandeep Singh …..Appellant(s)/Petitioner(s) Through: Mr. Achal Sharma, Adv. vs Union Territory of J&K and others .…. Respondent(s) Through: Mr. Raman Sharma, AAG with Ms. Saliqa Sheikh, Adv. Coram: HON’BLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJNESH OSWAL, JUDGE ORDER 01.12.2025 1. The petitioner has sought quashing of order dated 11.07.2025 passed by the Central Administrative Tribunal, Jammu (for short ‘the Tribunal’) in TA No. 3395/2021, whereby the Transferred Application preferred by the petitioner for quashing the selection of respondent No. 4 & 5 as Assistant Storekeepers-cum-Clerks in the Consumer Affairs and Public Distribution Department pursuant to Notification No. 09 of 2010 dated 30.12.2010 and for commanding the respondent Nos. 1 to 3 to appoint the petitioner against the post of Assistant Storekeeper-cum-Clerk, has been dismissed. 2. It is urged that the learned Tribunal has not taken into consideration the fact that respondent Nos. 4 and 5 did not figure in the list of candidates shortlisted for interview and that the order impugned has been passed by the learned Tribunal in absence of the petitioner. He has further submitted 5 WP(C) No. 3371/2025 Page 2 of 2 that respondent Nos. 4 and 5, despite service, did not choose to appear before the learned Tribunal. 3. Notice, waived by Mr. Raman Sharma, AAG on behalf of the respondent Nos. 1 to 3. As the learned Tribunal has passed the order impugned in absence of respondent Nos. 4 and 5, who despite service, did not choose to appear before the Tribunal as submitted by the learned counsel for the petitioner, we do not deem it necessary to issue notice to respondent Nos. 4 and 5. 4. The impugned order indicates that the learned Tribunal, after examining the record, has observed that the petitioner has obtained lesser marks than respondent Nos. 4 and 5. Crucially, the findings have been recorded by the learned Tribunal in absence of the petitioner, thus, amounting to denial of due opportunity of hearing to the petitioner. 5. Considering the above, we deem it appropriate to set aside the order dated 11.07.2025 and remand the matter to the learned Tribunal for fresh disposal in accordance with law, after affording opportunity of being heard to the affected parties. Ordered accordingly. 6. Needless to say, that we have not examined the merits of the claims of the contesting parties and have passed this order solely on the ground that the petitioner was not heard when the impugned order was passed by the learned Tribunal. (RAJNESH OSWAL) (ARUN PALLI) JUDGE CHIEF JUSTICE Jammu 01.12.2025 Rakesh Whether the order is reportable: Yes/No Rakesh Kumar 2025.12.03 13:45 I attest to the accuracy and integrity of this document