Serial No.260 Supplementary Cause list HIGH COURT OF JAMMU & KASHMIR AND LADAKH AT SRINAGAR WP(C) 822/2026 CM(2120/2026) 1. Shaista Adfar, Age 15 Years (Minor) D/O Mohammad Ashraf Lone R/O KhargundChowgam Tehsil Devsar, District Kulgam Through her father and natural guardian Mohammad Ashraf Lone …Appellant(s)/Petitioner(s) Through: Mr. Aushaq Hussain Shah, Advocate Vs. 1. Jammu and Kashmir Board of School Education, Bemina, Srinagar – 190018, through its Secretary 2. Registrar Birth & Death, Council Anantnag, Court Road Anantnag 3. Chief Education Officer, Kulgam, Kulgam – 192231, UT of J&K 4. Zonal Education Officer, Devsar, District Kulgam – 192231, UT of J&K 5. Principal, Government Higher Secondary School, Chowgam, Tehsil Devsar, District Kulgam – 192231, UT of J&K ...Respondent(s) Through: None CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE M. A. CHOWDHARY, JUDGE. ORDER 22.04.2026 1. Petitioner, through the medium of this petition, seeks direction for correction of her date of birth, recorded in the certificate issued by the Municipal Council, Anantnag, with a direction to the respondents to provisionally accept and process the admission form of the petitioner for Class 11th. 2. Heard. 3. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner would feel satisfied, in case the present petition is disposed of at this stage, with a direction to respondent No. 2, to consider the case of the petitioner for correction of her date of birth, in accordance with law. 4. Having regard to the limited nature of controversy, the present petition is disposed of at its threshold, with a direction to respondent No. 2 to consider the correction of Date of Birth of the petitioner in the Municipal records, after proper verification, and of course in accordance with law, on the subject. 5. The petition is thus disposed of, along with connected CM. (M. A. CHOWDHARY) JUDGE SRINAGAR: 22.04.2026 “Adil Ismail”