HIGH COURT OF JAMMU & KASHMIR AND LADAKH AT JAMMU WP(C) No. 1790/2025 Bar Association Kathua Th. President Ajat Shatru Sharma, Aged 44 years, Office:- Bar Association Kathua, District Court Complex Kathua. …..Appellant(s)/Petitioner(s) Through: Mr. Nonu S. Khera, Advocate Vs 1. High Court of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh Th. Registrar General (Exercising powers of Bar Council Under Section 58 of the Advocates Act, 1961) at Jammu 2. Bar Council of India, Th. its Chairman Head Office:- 21, Rouse Avenue Institutional Area, New Delhi – 110002 3. Principal District & Sessions Judge, Kathua District Court Complex, Kathua 4. Kathua Advocates Association Th. its General Secretary Kirti Bhushan Mahajan C/o District Court Complex, Kathua 5. Dilawar Singh Chief Returning Officer (Self Made) Member Kathua Advocates Association C/o District Court Complex, Kathua 6. S. Pawan Deep Singh Returning Officer (Self Made) Member Kathua Advocates Association C/o District Court Complex, Kathua 7. Rakesh Sharma, Returning Officer (Self Made) Member Kathua Advocates Association C/o District Court Complex, Kathua. .…. Respondent(s) Through: CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE RAHUL BHARTI, JUDGE ORDER (11.07.2025) Serial No. 134 2 WP(C) No. 1790/2025 01. After arguing for a while, learned counsel for the petitioner seeks to withdraw the writ petition otherwise also it is not maintainable under article 226 of the Constitution of India before this Court. 02. The petitioners are let to their liberty either to avail civil suit remedy or to approach the State Bar Council under the Advocates Act, 1961, in case, if any act of professional misconduct is attending the advocates against whom the petitioner has come alleging and complaining that they are bent upon usurp the name of the Bar Association Kathua by self proclaiming themselves to be competent to conduct election to the ouster of the actual Kathua Bar Association office bearers whomsoever they may be. 03. This writ petition is accordingly, dismissed as withdrawn. (RAHUL BHARTI) JUDGE JAMMU 11.07.2025 SUNIL Whether the order is speaking: Yes/No Whether the order is reportable: Yes/No