Sr. No. 25 HIGH COURT OF JAMMU & KASHMIR AND LADAKH AT JAMMU WP (C) No. 66/2026 CM No. 182/2026 CM No. 183/2026 Date of pronouncement: 20.01.2026 Uploaded on: 20.01.2026 Inhabitants of Village Sawani Bafliaz …. Petitioner(s)/Appellant(s) Through:- Mr. Akash Sharma, Advocate V/s UT of J&K & Ors. …..Respondent(s) Through:- Ms. Priyanka Bhat, Assisting Counsel to Mrs. Monika Kohli, Sr. AAG CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJESH SEKHRI, JUDGE ORDER (ORAL) 20.01.2026 1. After brief submissions, learned counsel for the petitioner has submitted that he will be satisfied in case respondent No. 2 is directed to consider the present writ petition as representation and decide it within a timeframe. Statement of learned counsel for the petitioner is taken on record. 2. In view of the statement made by learned counsel for the petitioner, the present writ petition is disposed of with a direction to respondent No. 2- SDM, Surankote, to treat present writ petition as a representation and consider the same, after affording a reasonable opportunity of being heard to the petitioner, within a period of two weeks from the date of copy a this order along with copy of writ petition and annexures are made available. 3. Disposed of. (RAJESH SEKHRI) JUDGE JAMMU 20.01.2026 Asif Tantray