HIGH COURT OF JAMMU & KASHMIR AND LADAKH AT JAMMU SWP No. 514/2016 Shakeel Ahmed …..Appellant(s)/Petitioner(s) Through: None. q vs State & Ors. .…. Respondent(s) Through: Ms. Saliqa Sheikh, Advocate vice Mr. Raman Sharma, AAG. CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJEEV KUMAR, JUDGE ORDER 20.12.2025 01. In this petition, the petitioner is essentially seeking a direction to the respondents for his regular absorption as a Class-IV employee in the School Education Department. The dispute raised by the petitioner in this petition is thus a service dispute between the petitioner and the respondents and is, therefore, amenable to the jurisdiction of the Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT). 02. This petition is, accordingly, transferred to the CAT, Jammu. The Registry is directed to take note of the same and transmit the record of this petition to the CAT, Jammu, who shall, on receipt of the record, put both the parties to notice and proceed in the matter in accordance with law. 03. Disposed of. 04. (Sanjeev Kumar) Judge Jammu 20.12.2025 Abinash 40