Srinagar, March 11 -- The High Court of J&K and Ladakh on Tuesday dismissed an intra-court appeal challenging the appointment of a Rehbar-e-Taleem (ReT) teacher in Budgam, holding that the appellant has resorted to forum shopping and abuse of the process of law.

A Division Bench comprising Justice Shahzad Azeem and Justice Sindhu Sharma observed that the dispute involves contested facts already pending before a civil court and cannot be simultaneously pursued through writ jurisdiction.

It upheld the judgment of the single bench which had earlier dismissed the writ petition filed by one Waheeda Yaseen Khan seeking quashing of the 2011 appointment order issued in favour of another candidate Muzaffar Mohi-ud-Din Mir.

The dispute dates bac...