WP(C) No. 158/2026 HIGH COURT OF JAMMU & KASHMIR AND LADAKH AT JAMMU Case:- WP(C) No. 158/2026 Lal Hussain .....Petitioner Through :- None v/s UT of J&K & Ors. .....Respondents Through :- Ms. Nazia Fazal, Advocate vice Mr. Ravinder Gupta, AAG CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE RAHUL BHARTI, JUDGE ORDER 25.09.2026 1. Through the medium of present writ petition, the petitioner is expecting this Court to restrain the respondents from carrying out forcible eviction of the petitioner from the land measuring 10 kanals comprised in khasra No. 69 situated at village Sangla, tehsil Surankote, district Poonch, which admittedly is State land. 2. The petitioner is also seeking a direction unto the respondent No. 3- the District Development Commissioner, Poonch to implement order passed by the Deputy Commissioner, Poonch on 07.08.2013 in a case titled “Shabir Ahmed & Ors. Vs Additional Commissioner, Poonch & Ors”. Supplementary List I Serial No. 124 WP(C) No. 158/2026 3. The petitioner is literally asking this Court to constitute him as owner of the State land. 4. In the entire writ petition, the petitioner has not cited any application from his end ever made to the authorities concerned thereby seeking vesting of ownership rights in him qua the land in reference, be it by purported reference to LB-6 of 1958 or S-432 of 1962. 5. On second date of hearing of this case i.e., 09.03.2026, there was a default of appearance on part of the counsel as well as the petitioner. Today also, none has appeared on behalf of the petitioner. 6. As such, writ petition is dismissed for non-prosecution with vacation of interim direction as given in an order dated 02.02.2026. 7. A copy of this order be forwarded to the Deputy Commissioner, Poonch for requisite course of action with respect to protection of State land from suffering encroachment. (RAHUL BHARTI) JUDGE JAMMU 25.09.2026 Sneha