HIGH COURT OF JAMMU & KASHMIR AND LADAKH AT JAMMU WP(C) No. 1352/2023 CM No. 3249/2023 1. Asha Nand aged 52 years S/O Sh. Badri Nath R/O Dhanoo Tehsil & District Udhampur. 2. Lekh Raj aged 45 years S/O Sh. Badri Nath R/O Dhanoo Tehsil & District Udhampur. 3. Ashok Kumar aged 55 years S/O Sh. Nitya Nand R/O Jib Tehsil & District Udhampur. 4. Paras Ram aged 81 years S/O Sh. Bhagat Ram R/O Jib Bal Nagar Tehsil & District Udhampur. 5. Madan Lal aged 52 years S/O Sh. Krishan Chand R/O Jib Tehsil & District Udhampur. 6. Subash Chander aged 47 years S/O Sh. Krishan Chand R/O Bal Nagar Jib Tehsil & District Udhampur. 7. Sanjay Kumar aged 52 years S/O Sh. Krishan Chand R/O Bal Nagar Jib Tehsil & District Udhampur. 8. Naresh Kumar aged 40 years S/O Sh. Bodh Raj R/O Bal Nagar Jib Tehsil & District Udhampur. 9. Rakesh Kumar aged 32 years S/O Sh. Bodh Raj R/O Bal Nagar Jib Tehsil & District Udhampur. 10. Mohd. Ashraf aged 37 years S/O Sh. Barkat Ali R/O Bansa Morh Tehsil & District Udhampur. 11. Mohd. Akram aged 31 years S/O Sh. Barkat Ali R/O Bansa Morh Tehsil & District Udhampur. 12. Babli Devi aged 41 years W/O Saleem Mohd. R/O Kalta Tehsil & District Udhampur. 13. Shabana aged 28 years W/O Zakir Hussain R/O Bansa Morh Udhampur At present Trungal Tehsil Assar & District Doda. 14. Shabnam aged 26 years W/O Farooq Agoo Serial No. 26 2 WP(C) No. 1352/2023 CM No. 3249/2023 R/O Bansa Morh Udhampur At present Khair Mohalla Vailoo Tehsil & District Kokernag. 15. Narayan Dutt aged 53 years S/O Mast Ram R/O Dhanoo Udhampur. 16. Chet Ram aged 65 years S/O Vishwa Nath R/O Barolla Udhampur. 17. Om Parkash aged 50 years S/O Tara Chand R/O Rehmbal Udhampur. 18. Rattan Lal aged 61 years S/O Tara Chand R/O Rehmbal Udhampur. 19. Neel Kumar aged 46 years S/O Tara Chand R/O Rehmbal Udhampur. 20. Parkash aged 92 years S/O Mal R/O Tikri Udhampur. 21. Girdhari Lal aged 65 years S/O Vishwa Nath R/O Jib Padanoo Udhampur. 22. Bansi Lal aged 26 years S/O Ram Krishan R/O Udhampur. 23. Mohan Lal aged 62 years S/O Shiv Ram R/O Malhar Morh Udhampur. 24. Arun Kumar aged 55 years S/O Ram Lal R/O Udhampur. 25. Satya Devi aged 60 years W/O Om Parkash R/O Garhi Udhampur. 26. Ram Lal aged 74 years S/O Amar Nath R/O Kah Falta Udhampur. 27. Faqir Chand aged 51 years S/O Lal Chand R/O Kah Falata Udhampur. 28. Chand Raj aged 65 years S/O Late Amar Nath R/O Kah Falata Udhampur. 29. Ashok Kumar aged 63 years S/O Amar Nath R/O Kah Falata Udhampur. 3 WP(C) No. 1352/2023 CM No. 3249/2023 30. Doulat Ram aged 82 years S/O Amar Nath R/O Kah Falata Udhampur. 31. Mohan Lal aged 65 years S/O Durga Dass R/O Garhi Udhampur. 32. Rattan Lal aged 66 years S/O Munshi Ram R/O Rehmbal Udhampur. 33. Kamal Singh aged 57 years S/O Kali Dass R/O Rehmbal Udhampur. 34. Suram Singh aged 53 years S/O Late Kali Dass R/O Rehmbal Udhampur. 35. Sunita Devi aged 42 years W/O Gopal Singh R/O Rehmbal Udhampur. 36. Sansar Singh aged 60 years S/O Late Shanker Dass R/O Rehmbal Udhampur. 37. Ajit Singh aged 38 years S/O Late Rattan Singh R/O Rehmbal Udhampur. 38. Vinod Kumar aged 42 years S/O Late Shankar Dass R/O Rehmbal Udhampur. 39. Shamsher Singh aged 48 years S/O Late Amar Chand R/O Rehmbal Udhampur. …..Petitioner(s) Through: Mr. Mohinder Kumar, Advocate. Vs 1. Union of India Through its Secretary Ministry of Defence New Delhi. 2. Commissioner/Secretary, Home Department, Civil Secretariat, Jammu. 3. Commissioner/Secretary, Revenue Department, Civil Secretariat, Jammu. 4 WP(C) No. 1352/2023 CM No. 3249/2023 4. Divisional Commissioner, Jammu. 5. Principal Director Defence Estate Northern Command Satwari Jammu. 6. Defence Estate Officer Northern Command Udhampur Circle. 7. Deputy Commissioner, Udhampur. 8. Tehsildar Udhampur. .…. Respondent(s) Through: Mr. Vishal Sharma, DSGI. Mrs. Monika Kohli, Sr. AAG. CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE M A CHOWDHARY, JUDGE ORDER (11.04.2025) 01. Petitioners, through the medium of this petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, have essentially prayed for a direction to the respondents to pay the revised rental compensation to them with respect to their lands situated at Jib & Rehmbal Tehsil and District Udhampur w.e.f. 2018. 02. Pursuant to notice, the respondents have filed objections to this petition asserting therein that the rental compensation has been revised by the Govt. of Jammu & Kashmir vide Govt. Order No. JK (Rev) of 2024 dated 23.01.2024. 03. Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that this petition be disposed of at this stage in view of the passing of the aforesaid Govt. Order with a direction to the respondents to make payment of the arrears. His statement is taken on record. 5 WP(C) No. 1352/2023 CM No. 3249/2023 04. Learned counsel for the respondents submit that they have no serious objections to the plea raised by the learned counsel for the petitioners for the disposal of this petition. 05. In view of the pleadings made and the Govt. Order referred hereinabove passed by the Govt. of Jammu & Kashmir revising pay rental compensation, this petition is disposed of with a direction to the respondents No. 1, 5 and 6 to make payment of the arrears due, in terms of the Govt. Order. 06. The present petition is, accordingly, disposed of alongwith connected application(s). (M A CHOWDHARY) JUDGE JAMMU 11.04.2025 Bunty Whether the order is speaking: Yes Whether the order is reportable: Yes Bunty Kumar 2025.04.15 16:26 I attest to the accuracy and integrity of this document Jammu