Sr. No.21 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JAMMU & KASHMIR AND LADAKH AT SRINAGAR WP(C) No.1651/2025 CM No.4281/2025 Nadeem Ahmad Mayer …Petitioner(s)/Appellants. Through: Mr. Danish Majid Dar, Advocate, with Ms. Ahra Syed, Advocate. Vs. Union Territory of J&K and others. ….Respondent(s) Through: Ms. Shaila Shameem, Assisting Counsel. CORAM: HON’BLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJNESH OSWAL, JUDGE O R D E R 16.07.2025 01. Petitioner-Nadeem Ahmad Mayer, has prayed for the following substantive reliefs: “1. Directing the official respondents, particularly Respondent No.2 (Vice-Chairman, J&K Lake Conservation and Management Authority), and Respondent No.4 (Deputy Superintendent of Police, Enforcement LCMA), to ensure that no further unauthorised and illegal construction or developmental activity whatsoever is continued or undertaken by the Private Respondents upon the land falling under Khasra Nos. , situated at Laam, Brein-Nishat, Srinagar; OR 2. Direct the Respondent No.2 to treat the Petitioner’s representations dated 14.03.2024 and 17.04.2025 as statutory complaints, to decide them by means of a speaking order under Sections 5, 7 and 10 of the Jammu & Kashmir Control of Building Operations Act, 1988 within fourteen days, and to place a copy of that order on the record of this case forthwith;” 02. Learned counsel for the petitioner at the outset submits that prior to the institution of this petition, the petitioner had repeatedly represented to the respondent authorities as regards his concerns and grievances but to no avail. 03. Served with advance copies of the petition, Ms. Shaila Shameem, Assisting Counsel, is present on behalf of respondents 1 to 4. She submits for the competent authority is already in seisin of the representations submitted by the petitioner, it would rather be expedient if the petition is disposed of at this stage to enable the respondents to examine and deal with the concerns and grievances of the petitioner and pass appropriate orders. 04. Learned counsel for the petitioner is in agreement with the course suggested by the learned counsel for the respondents. However, he submits for the matter is time sensitive, it would be expedient that if the respondent authorities are directed to examine the matter and pass orders within a specified time. 05. To this, learned counsel for the respondents submits that the competent authority shall consider the grievances of the petitioner in the right earnest, and after affording due and adequate opportunity to all the stakeholders, pass appropriate orders within a period of eight weeks from today. 06. In the wake of the above, the writ petition is disposed of in terms of the statements made by the learned counsel for the parties. However, it is made clear that this order shall not constitute any expression on the merits of the case of the either party. (RAJNESH OSWAL) (ARUN PALLI) JUDGE CHIEF JUSTICE Srinagar 16.07.2025 Abdul Qayoom, Secy. Abdul Qayoom Lone I attest to the accuracy and authenticity of this document 16.07.2025 18:25