Pawan Kumar Malhotra v. State Th.Housing and Urban Deptt.and Ors.
Case brief
What is this about?
Dismissal as infructuous — recruitment/interview case (SWP 1484/2016): respondents withdrew the posts in question and will not conduct the interview; petition by Pawan Kumar Malhotra v. State & Ors. dismissed as rendered infructuous on 08.09.2025 by Hon'ble Vinod Chatterji Koul, J., High Court of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh at Jammu. Petitioner left free to submit an appropriate application/motion if the interview is conducted in future, to be considered strictly in accordance with law; interim direction, if any, vacated. Counsel: S K Anand (petitioner); Saliqa Sheikh, Advocate vice Raman Sharma, AAG (respondents). No statutes or precedent cases cited.
What did the court decide?
The petition is dismissed as having been rendered infructuous, in view of the submissions made at the bar (including that the respondents have withdrawn the posts and are not conducting the interview).