P a g e | 1 WP (C) No. 239/2025 CM No. 513/2025 S. No 9 Reg. List-1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JAMMU & KASHMIR AND LADAKH AT SRINAGAR WP (C) No. 239/2025 CM No. 513/2025 Pied Piper Productions …Petitioner Through: Ms. Syed Ainain Qadiri, Advocate. V. UT of J&K and others ...Respondents Through: Mr. Hakim Aman Ali, Dy.AG. CORAM: HON’BLE MR JUSTICE JAVED IQBAL WANI, JUDGE O R D E R (ORAL) 10.02.2025 1. In this Petition, filed under Article 226, the petitioner seeks the following reliefs: “By a writ of Mandamus: a) The respondents be directed to disburse the amount of incentives to the tune of Rs.33,22,000/- (Thirty Three Lakhs Twenty Two Thousand), incurred by the petitioner Pied Piper Productions, as worked out by the Chartered Accountant in terms of Expenditure Certificate (forming Annexure-III to the instant writ petition) in favour of the petitioner forthwith; b) The respondents be further directed to release the withheld incentives along with interest at the rate of 18% from the date of submitting the documentaries till its final realization, together with exemplary costs and damages of Rupees five lakhs for loss, inconvenience, harassment & mental agony suffered by the petitioner due to lackadaisical approach of the respondents by not releasing the incentives due to the petitioner within time. 2. The background facts enumerated in the petition, under the shade and cover of which the aforesaid reliefs are sought and as stated in the P a g e | 2 WP (C) No. 239/2025 CM No. 513/2025 petition are that the Department of Mission Youth, Union Territory of J&K had launched a Mission Youth Scheme in order to provide a platform for holistic implementation of youth engagement and outreach initiatives and to bring the interests and empowerments of the youth to the centre of policy making with an idea to facilitate the promising innovators in exhibiting their talent and excelling in their areas of interest by providing them with institutional support and financial assistance. 3. 3. The petitioner states that in furtherance of the aforesaid scheme, three films came to be produced by him under “Tourist Village Development Program” with the name and style “Hidden Treasures” and incurred expenses thereon after raising loan from Jammu and Kashmir Bank, whereafter the petitioner submitted a bill for reimbursement of the expense incurred by him before respondent 4 which bill came to be certified by a Chartered Accountant amounting to Rs.33,22,000/- and also submitted a representation before respondent 4 for release of the said amount, however, the said respondents despite having entertained the representations and the bills submitted by the petitioner did not release the amount claimed by the petitioner although the concerned Nodal Officer recommended the case of the petitioner in this regard, which compelled the petitioner to submit yet another representation before respondent 4, as well as respondent 1 herein which representation came to be endorsed and recommended to the Respondent 4 for release of the amount claimed by the petitioner in terms of recommendation letter dated 22.08.2024. 4. Petitioner also states to have approached the Deputy Chief Minister of UT of J&K in connection with the release of the pending amount/incentives which representation came to be forwarded to the respondent 3 as well as respondent 2 on 05.12.2024, however, despite that the respondents 2 to 4 did not redress the grievance of the petitioner compelling the petitioner to approach this Court through the medium of instant petition. P a g e | 3 WP (C) No. 239/2025 CM No. 513/2025 5. Learned counsel for the petitioner while making her submissions in line with the case setup in the instant petition would pray for disposal of the instant petition at this stage with a direction to the respondents 2 to 4 to redress the legitimate and genuine grievance of the petitioner regarding the release of withheld amount of the incentives without any further delay within some specified period. 6. Mr. Hakim Aman Ali, Dy.A.G. present in the Court enters appearance and submits that he is not averse to the disposal of the instant petition at this stage, however, would submit that the case of the petitioner will be considered on the touchstone of rules governing the field. 7. Having regard to the aforesaid respective submissions of the counsel for the parties inasmuch as the issues involved in the petition, it is deemed appropriate to dispose of the instant petition at this stage with the consent of the appearing counsel for the parties. 8. Accordingly, the instant petition is disposed of with a direction to the respondents to accord effective consideration to the claim of the petitioner qua the release of amount of incentives of Rs.33,22,000/- claimed to have been incurred by the petitioner in connection with the “Mission Youth Scheme” launched by the Department of Mission Youth, Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir, as expeditiously as possible, preferably within a period of eight weeks from the date a copy of this order is produced by the petitioner before the respondents 2 and 3. 9. Disposed of along with CM. (JAVED IQBAL WANI) JUDGE SRINAGAR 10.02.2025 Isaq Whether approved for reporting? Yes/ No.