HIGH COURT OF JAMMU & KASHMIR AND LADAKH AT JAMMU Case:- WP(C) No. 2945/2026 CM No. 6466/2026 CM No. 6482/2026 Cav No. 2339/2026 Krishan Lal .....Petitioner Through :- Mr. Ranjeev Dubey, Advocate v/s UT of J&K & Ors. .....Respondents Through :- Mr. Dinkar Gupta, Advocate for caveators/respondents No. 6 to 9. CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE RAHUL BHARTI, JUDGE ORDER 16.09.2026 Cav No. 2339/2026:- With the appearance of learned counsel for the caveator, caveat stands discharged. WP(C) No. 2945/2026:- 1. The Additional Deputy Commissioner (with powers of the Collector, (Revenue), Udhampur, in an appeal on file No. LRA/ADC-44/2026 titled ‘Ajay Kumar & Ors. Vs Arun Kumar & Ors.’, has rendered his adjudication dated 18.08.2026 against which the petitioner intends to maintain this writ petition under article 226 of the Constitution of India despite having an alternate efficacious remedy of an appeal/revision before the Divisional Commissioner, Jammu/the Financial Commissioner, Revenue, J&K. Supplementary List II Serial No. 208 WP(C) No. 2945/2026 CM No. 6466/2026 CM No. 6482/2026 Cav No. 2339/2026 2. Given the fact that the Additional Deputy Commissioner has acted in terms of jurisdiction as a Collector, Land Revenue under J&K Land Revenue Act, Svt., 1996, therefore, this Court is not inclined to entertain this writ petition in view of the fact that the petitioner has both appellate as well as revisional remedies available at his disposal to be invoked before the appellate/revisional authority as provided under J&K Land Revenue Act, Svt., 1996 for which the petitioner is at liberty to invoke the appropriate remedy at his discretion but surely the writ petition is not the remedy to be readily available at the command of the petitioner at first instance. As such, the writ petition is not entertained. 3. Dismissed. (RAHUL BHARTI) JUDGE JAMMU 16.09.2026 Sneha