JUDGMENT :

ALI MOHAMMAD MAGREY, J.

(I) Subject matter of the present litigation:

1. The subject matter of challenge in the Letters Patent Appeal before us, being LPAOW No. 14/2019, is the judgment dated 31st of December, 2018 passed by the learned Single Judge in two Writ petitions bearing OWP Nos. 1954/2018 and 1685/2018, whereby the said Writ petitions stand dismissed. In the aforesaid Writ petitions, the petitioners/ appellants herein had sought declaration from the learned Single Judge declaring the Memorandum of Association and the Rules and Regulations framed by the Court Appointed Administrators (hereinafter referred to as “the CAA”) on 3rd of October, 2018 as null and void, with a further direction to the Jammu and Kashmir Cricket Association (for short “the JKCA”) to convene the extraordinary General Council Meeting in compliance with the mandate of Rule 20 of the Rules of the JKCA and amend the Rules of the JKCA in conformity with the recommendations made by the Lodha Committee which have been accepted by the Hon’ble Supreme Court with certain modifications.

2. Thereafter, several Writ petitions came to be filed in both wings of this High Court, some challenging the mandate o