R.N.BHANOT v. STATE TH. REVENUE DEPTT. AND ORS.
Court: High Court of Jammu and Kashmir
Bench: HON'BLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE,HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE PUNEET GUPTA,HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJESH SEKHRI
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Case summary
High Court of Jammu and Kashmir judgment dated 2024-12-24. R.N.BHANOT v. STATE TH. REVENUE DEPTT. AND ORS. Read the judgment and case details on LawSphereX.
Judgment text
Sr. No. 2 HIGH COURT OF JAMMU & KASHMIR AND LADAKH AT JAMMU OWP No. 97/2001 1. Ranbir Datt Bhanot ….. Appellant/Petitioner(s) 2. Sushil Kumar Bhanot 3. Verinder Bhanot 4. Raghuvinder Bhanot All LRs/sons of the original petitioner, Shri D. N. Bhanot, R/O 180-A/D, Gandhi Nagar, Jammu Through: Mr. P. N. Raina, Senior Advocate with Mr. J. A. Hamal, Advocate. Vs 1. State of J&K through . …. Respondent(s) Secretary/Commissioner to Govt. Revenue Deptt. Civil Secretariat, Jammu. 2. Hon’ble Revenue Minister, J&K Govt. , Jammu. 3. Addl. Deputy Commissioner, Doda. 4. Divisional Commissioner, Jammu. 5. Prem Nath S/O Late Shri Shiv Ram Gupta, R/O 563-A, Gandhi Nagar, Jammu. Through: Mrs. Monika Kohli, Sr. AAG. Coram: HON’BLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE PUNEET GUPTA, JUDGE HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJESH SEKHRI, JUDGE ORDER 24. 12. 2024 TASHI RABSTAN, CJ:- 1. Learned Single Judge vide order dated 04. 03.
2005 framed the following questions for reference: (1) Whether the Revenue Minister is entitled to exercise the powers of the Government under the Business Rules and the Constitution of the State in respect to department allocated to him and consequently the revisional powers under Section 6 of the J&K Grant of Permanent Residents Certificate (Procedure) Act, 1963 and the rules framed there under after coming into operation the J&K Constitution? 2 OWP No. 97/2001 (2) If the answer to above question is in affirmative, whether the judgment reported in AIR 1972 J&K 114 lays down correct proposition of law? 2. During the pendency of the reference, the Jammu and Kashmir Grant of Permanent Residents Certificate (Procedure) Act, 1963 has been repealed and the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganization Act, 2019 has been enacted. 3. Thus, the questions as referred above by the learned Single Judge have become infructuous. 4. Accordingly, the reference is disposed of.
( (Rajesh Sekhri) ( Puneet Gupta) (Tashi Rabstan) Judge Judge Chief Justice Jammu 24. 12. 2024 Raj Kumar
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