IN THE HIGH COURT OF JAMMU & KASHMIR AND LADAKH

AT JAMMU

Case No: LPA No. 60/2025

CM No. 1830/2025

Reserved on: 11.12.2025

Pronounced on:18.12.2025

Uploaded on: 18.12.2025

Whether the operative part or full

Judgment is pronounced : Full

1. Union Territory of Jammu &

Kashmir through Commissioner/ Secretary to Government, Housing & Urban Development Department, Civil Sectt.

Jammu/Srinagar.

2. Director, Urban Local Bodies,

Jammu.

3. Chief Executive Officer,

Municipal Council, Poonch

4. Executive Engineer,

Urban Local Bodies Division-1.

5. President/Administrator, Municipal Council, Poonch.

…Petitioner(s)/Appellant(s)

Through: Mr. Suneel Malhotra, GA

v/s

1. Renu Balla (Legal Heir) W/O Lt.

Shri Ram Rattan, R/O H.No. 111, Ward No. 8, Khorhinaar, Tehsil

Haveli, District Poonch.

2. Sanjeev Rishi S/O Shri Ram

Parkesh, R/O H.No. 31(B), Sheesh Mahal, Tehsil Haveli, District

Poonch.

3. Ranjeet Singh, S/O S.Mohinder

Singh, R/O Village Kassalian, Ajote,

Tehsil Haveli, District Poonch.

4. Gurcharan Singh, S/O Kehar Singh, R/O Ward No.2,, H.No.272, KIamsar Tehsil Haveli, District Poonch.

(Respondents Through: M r . Ashish Sharma, Advocate

5. District Development Commissioner, Poonch (Proforma Respondent)

CORAM: HON’BLE THE CHIEF J