HIGH COURT OF JAMMU & KASHMIR AND LADAKH AT SRINAGAR WP(C) 2205/2024 CM(5909/2024)

Reserved on: 08.04.2026 Pronounced on:10.04.2026 Uploaded on: 15.04.2026 K.S. ENTERPRISES …Petitioner(s)

SULAIMAN COMPLEX, DALGATE, SRINAGAR THROUGH ITS PROPRIETOR MOHAMMAD IQBAL SHAHDAD AGED ABOUT 61 YEARS S/O MOHAMMAD SHAFI SHAHDAD R/O BRANE, NISHAT, SRINAGAR Through: Ms. Syed Ainain Qadri, Advocate.

Vs.

1. UNION TERRITORY OF JAMM &

KASHMIR THROUGH SECRETARY TO GOVERNMENT, SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT, J&K GOVERNMENT, CIVIL SECRETARIAT, JAMMU /

SRINAGAR.

2. DIRECTOR, SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT, KASHMIR, SRINAGAR.

3. DISTRICT SOCIAL WELFARE OFFICER,SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT, PULWAMA. ...Respondent(s)

Through: None.

CORAM:

HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE WASIM SADIQ NARGAL, JUDGE.

JUDGEMENT

BRIEF FACTS:

01. The petitioner, a permanent resident of the Union Territory of Jammu & Kashmir, is engaged in the business of supply of goods and is registered on the Government e-Marketplace (GeM) portal. Pursuant to a supply order placed by the office of the District Social Welfare Officer, Pulwama, through GeM, vide Contract No. GEMC-511687785394629 dated 24.06.2023, the petitioner was required to supply two HP Intel Core i7 All-in-One P