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2026 Supreme(Online)(J&K) 795

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JAMMU AND KASHMIR AND LADAKH AT SRINAGAR
Sindhu Sharma, Shahzad Azeem, JJ
J&K Private Schools United Front – Appellant
Versus
Union Territory Of J&K – Respondent


Advocates:
For the Appellants/Petitioners: Shakeel Sarwar Wani, Imbisaat Liyaqat
For the Respondents: M. I. Dar, Sana Imam, Laila Khan

Table of Content
1. factual background regarding the challenge against mandatory prescription of board-published textbooks by private schools. (Para 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 6 , 7 , 8 , 9)
2. examination of board powers granted by the 1975 and 2002 acts to prescribe curriculum and textbooks. (Para 10 , 11 , 12 , 13 , 14 , 15)
3. constitutionality and reasonableness of state regulatory intervention in private educational administration. (Para 16 , 17 , 18 , 19 , 20 , 21 , 22 , 23 , 24)
4. affirmation of single judge order based on contractual affiliation obligations and statutory mandates. (Para 25 , 26)

JUDGMENT

PER: SINDHU SHARMA-J

1. The instant Letters Patent Appeal is directed against the judgment and order dated 08.09.2023 passed by the learned Single Judge in WP (C) No. 702/2023, whereby the writ petition filed by the Appellant–Trust came to be dismissed.

2. The Appellant is a registered Trust in the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir under the name and style of “J&K Private Schools United Front”, claiming to work for the welfare, protection, and promotion of private educational institutions. The Appellant claims to represents the interests of approximately some of the p

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