JAMMU, Aug. 6 -- A Division Bench of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh High Court Comprising Justice Sanjeev Kumar and Justice Sanjay Parihar has upheld an order of the Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT), directing the UT administration to regularise Kishore Kumar Gupta as Chief Engineer in the Irrigation and Flood Control Department, calling the delay in implementation "unjustified" following his exoneration.
A Division Bench of Justice Sanjeev Kumar and Justice Sanjay Parihar dismissed Writ Petition, filed by the Union Territory of J&K and others, challenging the Tribunal's judgment dated October 21, 2024.
The petitioner government, represented by Sr. AAG Monika Kohli, had argued that Gupta's case could not be considered in the Departmental...