ORDER

1. On the oral prayer of the learned counsel for the petitioner, the States of Punjab and Maharashtra represented by their Chief Secretaries are impleaded as respondent nos. 10 and 11.

2. Issue notice to the respondents. Liberty is granted to serve the standing counsels of the States and the Union Territories.

3. Having heard the learned counsel for the petitioner, the learned Attorney General for India and the learned Advocate General for the State of Jammu and Kashmir, we are of the view that the Nodal Officers (in addition to the Nodal Officers as may have already been appointed by the State of Jammu and Kashmir) as per the list placed by the learned Attorney General before this Court, details of which are extracted below, would take necessary steps to prevent acts of violence, discrimination and other coercive acts against Kashmiris (including students enrolled with the institutions in the respondent States and the Union Territories) and other minorities in the wake of the terrorist attack dated 14.2.2019.