Sr. No. 31 Regular list IN THE HIGH C0URT 0F JAMMU & KASHMIR AND LADAKH AT SRINAGAR WP(C) 2173/2020 GHULAM MOHAMMAD LONE AND ORS. …Petitioner(s)/appellant(s) Through: Mr. M.A. Wani, Advocate Vs. UT OF JK AND OTHERS ...Respondent(s) Through: Mr. Mohsin Qadri, Sr. AAG Ms. Raheela Khan, Assisting Counsel vice Mr. Ab. Rashid Malik, Sr. AAG Mr. Hakeem Aman Ali, Dy. AG CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE JAVED IQBAL WANI, JUDGE O R D E R 11.04.2025 1. On the previous date of hearing i.e., 7th February, 2025, right to file the reply of the respondents came to be closed and the respondents were directed to produce the record pertaining the case which record is not produced, as such, the matter is taken up for consideration in absence of the reply of the respondents as well the said record Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and perused the record of the petition. 2. Petitioners herein claimed regularization of their services from the respondent after having been engaged as daily rated workers in the year 1997 and upon failure of the respondents to accord consideration to the regularization of their services, despite the fact that their case for regularization was proposed and forwarded by their immediate officers to the Competent Authority, the petitioners approached this Court through the medium of this instant petition while seeking a direction upon the respondents 1 to 4 to accord consideration to the regularization of their services in terms of applicable rules. 3. Having regard to the case set up by the petitioners in the instant petition inasmuch as the record available on the file, it is deemed appropriate to Arif Hameed I attest to the accuracy and authenticity of this document 16.04.2025 dispose of the instant petition at this stage with the consent of the appearing counsel for the parties. 4. Accordingly, without expressing any opinion as to the entitlement or otherwise of the petitioners for regularization of their services, the instant petition is disposed of with a direction to the respondents to accord consideration to the case(s) of the petitioners for regularization of their services in accordance with law and applicable rules preferably within a period of three months from the date a copy of this order is produced by the petitioners before the respondents. 5. Disposed of. (JAVED IQBAL WANI) JUDGE SRINAGAR 11.04.2025 MIR ARIF Arif Hameed I attest to the accuracy and authenticity of this document 16.04.2025