CENTRAL ADMINISTRATIVE TRIBUNAL SRINAGAR BENCH [SWP No.1565/2018]

Reserved on : 20.04.2026 Pronounced on : 05.05.2026 C O R A M HON’BLE MR. M.S. LATIF, MEMBER (JUDL.)

HON’BLE MR. PRASANT KUMAR, MEMBER (ADMN.)

Showkat Hussain Lone (Age 40 years) s/o Nazir Ahmad Lone r/o Rai Kaprin Shopian (LKashmir)

……Petitioner For the applicant : Mr. Suhaib F. Bandey VERSUS

1. State of J&K through Commissioner Secretary to Government, Forest Department, J&K Civil Secretariat, Srinagar.

2. Principal Chief Conservator of Forests, J&K State, Srinagar.

3. Chief Conservator of Forests, Kashmir-Srinagar.

4. Conservator of Forests, South Circle, Bijbehara (Anantnag).

5. Divisional Forest Officer, Shopian Forest Division, Shopian (Kashmir).

…..Respondents For the respondents : Mr. Rais Ud Din Ganaie, ld. DAG O R D E R Per Hon’ble Mr. M.S. Latif, Member (Judl)

The writ petition (SWP No.1565 of 2018), having been filed initially before the High Court of Jammu & Kashmir in the year 2018, came to be transferred to the CAT, Jammu Bench vide order dated 21.08.2020 and accordingly numbered as T.A.5666/2020. TA was admitted on 02.09.2021. Thereafter when CAT Srinagar Bench was commissioned, the matter was transferred to thi