HIGH COURT OF JAMMU & KASHMIR AND LADAKH AT JAMMU
SANJEEV KUMAR, SANJAY PARIHAR
UT of Jammu & Kashmir Through Commissioner Of Secretary To The Government, Health & Medical Education Department – Appellant
Versus
Jyoti Gupta, D/o Sh. Subash Gupta – Respondent
JUDGMENT :
Sanjeev Kumar, J.
1. A common judgment dated 1st August, 2025 passed by the Central Administrative Tribunal, Jammu Bench, Jammu [“the Tribunal”] in OA No.452/2024 titled Dr. Jyoti Gupta v. Union Territory of J&K and another, OA No.473/2025 titled Dr. Dheeraj Sharma v. Union Territory of J&K and another, OA No.497/2025 titled Dr. Atoofa Zargar v. Union Territory of J&K and another, OA No.403/2025 titled Dr. Etti Shree v. UT of J&K and another and OA No.615/2025 titled Dr. Etti Shree v. Union Territory of J& K and another, is subject matter of challenge in these five writ petitions filed by the Union Territory of J&K and another, under Article 226 of the Constitution of India.
2. Before we advert to the common questions of law involved for determination in these petitions, it would be apposite to narrate individual facts of each case.
WP(C) No.3242/2025
3. The respondent-Dr. Jyoti Gupta was appointed as Registrar in the discipline of Periodontology at Indira Gandhi Government Dental College, Jammu [“IGGDCJ”] vide order dated 24.04.2021 issued by the Principal, IGGDCJ, initially for a period of one year further extendable upto a maximum of three years subject to satisfactory wo




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