JUDGMENT

1. Aggrieved of the Order bearing No. 91-JKHC of 2022 dated 16.09.2022 issued by Managing Director of the J&K Handicrafts Corporation, whereby the petitioners, engaged on Consolidated/Need/Contractual/Contingency basis in the Corporation, have been disengaged, the petitioners have challenged the same through the medium of the instant Writ Petition.

2. It is pleaded in the petition that while the grievances of the petitioners with regard to their continuation and absorption in the Corporation was in process, the Managing Director of the Corporation, on the basis of ‘Alert note’ issued by the Anti Corruption Bureau (ACB), disengaged the services of the petitioners vide Order No. 91-JKHC of 2022 dated 16.09.2022, which is impugned in the instant petition, and through the medium of the present petition, the petitioners seek quashment of the same in terms whereof the petitioners have been disengaged; Alert Note No. 48/2022 dated 27.06.2022 issued by Anti Corruption Bureau Srinagar; and communication No. ICHHC/30/2022-02 dated 07.09.2022 in terms whereof request was made to the Managing Director Handicraft & Handloom Corporation to take action against the petitioners with regard t