HIGH COURT OF JAMMU & KASHMIR AND LADAKH AT JAMMU SWP No. 838/2018 IA No. 1/2018 Deepak Sharma & Anr. …..Appellant(s)/Petitioner(s) Through: None. V/s State of J&K & Ors. .…. Respondent(s) Through: Ms. Jagmeet Kour, Assisting counsel vice Mr. Raman Sharma, AAG. CORAM: HON’BLE MS. JUSTICE MOKSHA KHAJURIA KAZMI, JUDGE ORDER (29.09.2026) 01. Through the medium of present petition, the petitioners seek a direction upon the respondents to allow them to serve as contractual Lecturers against the posts held by them till the regular selection is made by them. 02. It is stated by the learned counsel for the respondents that the petitioners herein, namely, Mr. Abhimanyu Kapoor and Mr. Deepak Sharma, who were working as temporary Lecturers under the Academic Arrangement, are no longer engaged as Lecturers with the respondents. She has produced the communication dated 21.07.2026, which is taken on record, wherein it is certified that Mr. Abhimanyu Kapoor was engaged as a temporary Lecturer under the Academic Arrangement for the periods from 08.01.2014 to 31.05.2014, 12.08.2014 to 30.04.2015, 15.08.2015 to 24.04.2016, and 12.09.2016 to 28.09.2016. It is further certified that Mr. Deepak Sharma was engaged as a temporary Lecturer under the Academic Arrangement for the periods from 14.10.2017 to 26.05.2018, 14.09.2018 to 30.05.2019, and 17.07.2019 to 15.08.2019. S. No. 36 2 03. It is also stated that the full honorarium for the periods during which they had worked has already been disbursed in their favour. 04. In view of the statement made by the learned counsel for the respondents, the petitioners are no longer working as temporary Lecturers under the Academic Arrangement. Therefore, nothing survives in the present petition. Even otherwise, there is no representation on behalf of the petitioners to indicate that they are interested in prosecuting the present petition. 05. In view of the above, the instant petition is dismissed for non- prosecution, along with the connected application(s). 06. Interim direction, if any, shall stand vacated. (MOKSHA KHAJURIA KAZMI) JUDGE Jammu 29.09.2026 Renu