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2026 Supreme(SC) 476

J. K. MAHESHWARI, ATUL S. CHANDURKAR
Union Territory of Jammu And Kashmir – Appellant
Versus
Saba Wani – Respondent


Advocates appeared:
For the Petitioner(s): Mr. Pashupathi Nath Razdan, AOR M/S. Equity Lex Associates, AOR Mr. Salman Khurshid, Sr. Adv. Mr. Shoeb Alam, Adv. Mr. M.R. Shamshad, Adv. Ms. Zargham Ahmed, Adv. Mrs. Naghma Imtiaz, Adv. Mr. Saif Naseem, Adv. Ms. Jyoti Singh, Adv. Mrs. Amna Darakhshan, Adv. Mrs. Anshu Kapoor, Adv. Mr. Virender Khitoliya, Adv. Mr. Aseem Kumar Katoch, Adv. Mr. Ajit Kumar Ekka, AOR Mr. S.P. Singh, Adv.
For the Respondent(s): Ms. Sanjana Saddy , AOR Mr. Pashupathi Nath Razdan, AOR Mr. Naresh Kaushik, Sr. Adv. Mr. Vardhman Kaushik, AOR Mr. Nishant Gautam, Adv. Mr. Manoj Joshi, Adv. Mr. Dhruv Joshi, Adv. Ms. Shikha John, Adv. Mr. Anand Singh, Adv. Mr. Arindam Sarin, Adv. Mrs. P S Vijayadharni, Adv. Mr. Sanjeev Saxena, Adv. Ms. Priya Nair, Adv. Ms. Elaisha Asher, Adv. Mr. Neeraj Khapra, Adv. Mr. Mahfooz Ahsan Nazki, AOR Mr. Tripurari Ray, Adv. Mr. Balwant Singh Billowira, Adv. Ms. Kaninika Majumder, Adv. Mr. Akshay Singh, Adv. Ms. Anita Malick, Adv. Mr. Manu Shanker Mishra, AOR Mr. Anirudh Ray, Adv. Ms. Arpita Mishra, Adv. Mr. Aseem Kumar Katoch, Adv. Mr. Ajit Kumar Ekka, AOR Mr. S.p. Singh, Adv. Mr. D. Mahesh Babu, AOR Mr. Aseem Kumar Katoch, Adv. Mr. Ajit Kumar Ekka, AOR Mr. S.p. Singh, Adv. Mr. Siddharth Jain, AOR

Table of Content
1. batch appeals challenge high court exceptions to ret closure (Para 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 6)
2. ret scheme closed by g.o. 919/2018 after addressing shortages (Para 7 , 8)
3. court queries reveal partial ret appointments before closure (Para 9 , 11 , 13 , 14 , 15 , 16 , 17)
4. parties argue rte compliance and parity for candidates (Para 10 , 12 , 21 , 22)
5. litigation pendency lacks article 14 rational nexus (Para 18)
6. ncte tet mandatory under rte for teachers (Para 19 , 20)
7. article 142 directs conditional appointments with tet (Para 23 , 24 , 25 , 26)

JUDGMENT :

J.K. MAHESHWARI, J.

1. Delay condoned.

2. Leave granted.

3. The present batch of appeals involves a common question of law, therefore, they are being disposed of by way of this common judgment. Except for appeals arising out of Special Leave Petition (Civil) Nos. 25683/2023, 25684/2023, 25685/2023, 25686/2023, 2720/2024 and 5221/2024, all other appeals have been preferred assailing the common judgment dated 04.02.2023 passed by the High Court of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh at Srinagar (hereinafter, ‘High Court’) in SWP No. 3801 of 2019 and connected matters. As far as appeals arising out of Special Leave Petition

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