SANSAR CHAND AND OTHERS v. UT OF J AND K TH COMMISSIONER SECRETARY, REVENUE DEPARTMENT, JAMMU AND OTHERS
Court: High Court of Jammu and Kashmir
Bench: HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE MOKSHA KHAJURIA KAZMI
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High Court of Jammu and Kashmir judgment dated 2025-12-29. SANSAR CHAND AND OTHERS v. UT OF J AND K TH COMMISSIONER SECRETARY, REVENUE DEPARTMENT, JAMMU AND...
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Sr. No. 185 HIGH COURT OF JAMMU & KASHMIR AND LADAKH AT JAMMU Pronounced on : 29. 12. 2025 Uploaded on : 30. 12. 2025 WP (C) No. 3766/2025 Sansar Chand & Ors. ..... Applicant(s)/Petitioner(s) Through :- Mr. Ajaz Chowdhary, Advocate v/s UT of J & K & Ors. ..... Respondent(s) Through :- Ms. Chetna Manhas, Assisting counsel to Mrs. Monika Kohli, Sr. AAG CORAM: HON’BLE MS. JUSTICE MOKSHA KHAJURIA KAZMI, JUDGE ORDER (ORAL) 1. By this petition, petitioners are seeking a direction upon the respondents to assess and pay them compensation, as per their entitlement i. e. ¼ share in the land measuring 179 Kanals and 4 Marlas with regard to the Khewat No. 44/43, 59 old and 55 new, situated at Udhampur, sought to be acquired, pursuant to the Notice No. 03-JK (Rev) of 2025 dated 29. 04. 2025 and subsequent Notification Nos. KAS/5040/LH and KAS/5040/1/LH, issued by Respondent No. 3, in view of the judgment and decree dated 09. 01.
1984, passed by the learned Sub-Judge, Udhampur in case titled “Mast Ram Vs. Amar Chand & Ors. ”. 2. Learned counsel for the petitioners states that the petitioners have already filed representation before Respondent No. 2-Deputy Commissioner, Udhampur, which was duly received by the said respondent on 27. 11. 2025 and is pending adjudication. He further states that the petitioners would feel satisfied, if the instant petition 2 WP (C) No. 3766/2025 is disposed of, by directing Respondent No. 2 to consider the said representation within a reasonable period of time. 3. Ms. Chetna Manhas, learned counsel appearing on behalf of the respondents, is not averse to the proposition made by learned counsel for the other side. 4. Be that as it may, the instant petition is disposed of, at its threshold, without issuing any formal notice to the respondents, by directing Respondent No.
2 to consider the representation filed by the petitioners and pass a speaking order thereon, in accordance with law, within a period of four weeks, from the date of passing of this order. (Moksha Khajuria Kazmi) Judge JAMMU 29. 12. 2025 Manan Whether the order is speaking : Yes Whether the order is reportable : No
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