Jammu & Kashmir High Court - Srinagar BenchSheikh Ashiq Ahmad vs Zubair Mahajan And Ors on 2 December, 2022Author:Vinod Chatterji KoulBench:Vinod Chatterji KoulSerial No.64\nRegular Cause List\n\n        HIGH COURT OF JAMMU & KASHMIR AND LADAKH\n                       AT SRINAGAR\n                            ....\n                                  CR no.01/2021\n\nSheikh Ashiq Ahmad                                              .... Petitioner(s)\n\n          Through: Mr. M. Tufail, & M. Muzaffar, Advocates\n\n                                           Versus\n\nZubair Mahajan and Ors.                                         .... Respondent(s)\n\n           Through: Mr S.F.Qadri, Senior Advocate with\n                    Ms Toiba, Advocate\nCORAM:\n         HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE VINOD CHATTERJI KOUL, JUDGE\n\n                                    ORDER02.12.20221. In terms of Order dated 23.03.2021, a number of applications, being CM\n\n  nos.1326/2021, 1327/2021, 1576/2021 and 1619/2021 were disposed of, in\n\n  the following terms:1. The Kashmir Chamber of Commerce and Industry (commonly known and\n          hereinafter referred to as "KCCI") has been established aiming at protecting\n          interests of persons engaged in Trade, Commerce and Manufacture in the\n          Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir. KCCI is an amalgamation and\n          association of persons/proprietors, firms, companies, corporations, trade\n          organizations, associations or societiesengaged in trade, commerce and\n          industry or functioning in Jammu and Kashmir for protectingtrade, commerce\n          and industry. Those connected with trade, commerce and industry in Jammu\n          and Kashmir can become a member of KCCI. For running affairs of KCCI, a\n          body/committee has been formed as is discernible from Memorandum of\n          Association (MOA) of KCCI; its office bearers shall be: President; Senior Vice\n          President; Junior Vice President; Secretary General; Joint Secretary General;Treasurer. The term of the Committee,Article 12says, shall be one year and\n          elections for Committee and office bearers shall be held by or before 30th\n          September each year. KCCI shall have an Executive Committee, consisting of\n          21 elected members. As is coming forth fromArticle 16of MOA, the Committee\n          consisting of 21 members shall form an electoral collegium to elect office\n          bearers from amongst 21 members at a special Executive Committee Meeting\n          which shall be convened for the purpose by the election commission on the day\n          of Annual General Meeting itself. How to elect members, 21 in number, for\n          Executive Committee, is engrossed inArticle 17.Elections to elect the\n          Committee shall either be held in KCCI Office or in the event of shortage of\n          space, convenient venue may be chosen by the committee. 40 days' prior notice\n\n\n                                        Page 1CR no.01/2021is to be issued inviting active members of KCCI to communicate their intention\n   to serve on the Committee to be elected by members of KCCI. Desirous member\n   is to intimate in writing his intention within thirty days.2. Before the election, the committee is to nominate three members' scrutiny sub-\n   committee to receive and scrutinize nomination received from contesting\n   candidates to the executive committee. If nomination of any member is rejected\n   by scrutiny committee, he has a right to file an appeal before Election\n   Commission, whose decision shall be final. As is gatherable fromArticle 18(d),\n   seven days before the date of election, the Committee shall constitute polling\n   sub-committee of seven members with one member as Chairman amongst the\n   members of the Chamber, who shall not have stood for election to the\n   Committee and are not in arrears. The total gamut of elections is gatherable\n   fromArticle 18of MOA. There shall be a counting sub-committee as also\n   Election Commission as is evident fromArticle 19.Three-member Election\n   Commission, consisting of its Past Presidents or senior members of KCCI, who\n   are not contesting election of KCCI for which elections are held and who are\n   not in arrears with one of them to be its Chairman, is to be appointed. The\n   Election Commission shall be overall Incharge of the Annual Election of KCCI.Article 26provides that the committee constituted under the Articles of MOA\n   shall assume office on next day following the day on which the Annual General\n   Meeting of KCCI shall have been held and will continue to act till the close of\n   the day on which the next Annual General Meeting of KCCI is held.Article 30says that every active and affiliated member shall have one vote and a member\n   will be entitled to cast his vote at Annual General Meeting or at extraordinary\n   General Meeting.3. Let me now advert to case in hand.4. A civil suit titled Zubair Mahajan and others v. Kashmir Chamber of\n   Commerce & Industry and others, has been filed by respondents 1 to 5 herein\n   before the Court of 4th Additional District Judge, Srinagar (for short "court\n   below") averring therein that the term of revisionists petitioners herein, who\n   had been elected as office bearers of KCCI on 29th September 2018, as office\n   bearers of KCCI had expired on 28th September 2019 and new elections had to\n   be conducted, but they took a decision to continue to hold the position as office\n   bearers of KCCI for another terms of one year. On the basis of case set up\n   respondents 1 to 5 prayed for grant of following relief:a. A decree in the nature of declaration, declaring the decision dated\n            19.09.2019 taken by defendants 2 to 7 in the emergency Meeting\n            held in the office of defendant no.1 granting extension/continuation\n            of the term against the posts of office bearers as illegal, null and\n            void and against the provisions of the Constitution of defendant no.1\n            and consequently declaring all the decisions taken by the defendants\n            with effect from expiry of one year term on 29.09.2019 as illegal and\n            non-est in the eyes of law.b. A decree in the nature of permanent prohibitory injunction,\n            retraining defendants 2 to 7 from taking any decision in respect of\n            defendant no.1, claiming, projecting, acting, working and further\n            continuing and holding the posts of office of KCC&I in the capacity\n            of President, Sr. Vice President, Jr Vice President, Secretary\n            General, Joint Secretary General and Treasurer. Further\n            restraining defendants 2 to 7 from dealing in any manner\n            whatsoever with moveable and immoveable properties/ assets\n            including bank accounts and allied security either personally or\n            through agents in any manner whatsoever.c. A decree in the nature of mandatory injunction, directing\n            appointment of Election Committee for holding fresh elections of the\n            office bearers of KCC&I in accordance with the Memorandum &\n            Articles of Association of KCC&I.\n        d. A decree, order or direction be issued against defendants and a\n            committee consisting of past Presidents be constituted in order to\n            run the day-to-day affairs of defendant no.1 till the time new elected\n\n                                  Page 2CR no.01/2021body takes over with a further direction to them to scrutinize all the\n           actions, accounts and related activities undertaken by defendants 2\n           to 7 from the date they completed their term of one year till date.5. Ad interim order dated 2nd September 2020 was passed by the court below,\n   keeping in abeyance the decision, subject matter of challenge in above suit of\n   respondents 1 to 5. An appeal (FAO no.06/2020), however, was preferred\n   thereagainst before this Court. By order dated 1st October 2020, the Appeal\n   was disposed. Operative portion thereof is as under:"11. Be that as it may, in the light of above, this Court is of the view\n       that it would be appropriate to require the trial court to frame an issue\n       with regard to the jurisdiction of the court, treat it as a preliminary\n       issue and proceed to hear and determine the same in accordance with\n       law, and, thereafter, to consider the final disposal of the application for\n       interim relief and application for appointment of a received filed by the\n       plaintiffs. Consequently, to the above extent the order impugned in this\n       appeal deserved to be set aside. However, the lis needs to be preserved\n       by making appropriate directions.12. Accordingly, this appeal is disposed of and the impugned order to\n       the extent indicated above is set aside. However, with a view to\n       preserving the list till the trial court frames the requisite issue(s),\n       determines the same and passes fresh orders on the application(s) for\n       grant of interim relief, it is ordered that the orders of interim stay\n       passed by the trial court on 20.07.2020 and 25.06.2020 shal continue to\n       be in operation. This disposes of all the connected CMs, if any,\n       pending."6. The court below, as directed, vide order dated 8th October 2020, framed\n   preliminary issue, viz. Whether this civil court has the jurisdiction to proceed\n   with the suit. In terms of order dated 27th January 2021, aforesaid Issue has\n   been decided by court below in favour of plaintiffs - respondents 1 to 5 herein,\n   and against defendants - petitioners herein. Aggrieved thereof, the civil\n   revision, being CR no.01/2021, has cropped up.7. A Bench of this Court, upon consideration of civil revision, directed court\n   below not to proceed with the trial, with a further direction that petitioners\n   shall continue to abide by Order dated 1st October 2020 passed in FAO\n   no.06/2020.8. During pendency of Civil Revision, an application, bearing CM no.1327/2021,\n   came to be filed by revision petitioners to permit petitioner no.4 to operate\n   bank accounts of KCCI, maintained in J&K Bank Branch Residency Road,\n   Srinagar, so as to pay salary to employees/ staff of KCCI and pay\n   electricity/telephone charges and rentals.Objections have been filed by respondents 1 to 5 in opposition to aforesaid\n   application, in which they insist that petitioners have no authority to file any\n   application, projecting themselves as office bearers of KCCI inasmuch as\n   extended term of office bearers, which is subject matter of civil suit pending\n   before the court below, has also expired on 29th September 2020 and therefore,\n   post September 2020, none of petitioners are representatives of KCCI.9. Another application (CM no.1326/2021) has been filed by revision petitioners,\n   in which they state that in terms of Order no.DTK/Pub/164-IV/480 dated 3rd\n   March 2021, Tourism Department, J&K, has accorded sanction for\n   sponsorship to organize road shows by various local travel trade associations\n   of Kashmir in various cities across the country. KCCI figures at serial no.9 for\n   organizing road show in the City of Kochi on 26th March 2021. According to\n   petitioners, they have to arrange roadshow at Kochi on 26th march 2021 and in\n   this behalf, they have to make all necessary arrangements to make the\n   roadshow successful or else KCCI would be blacklisted. Thus, petitioners seek\n   permission to allow them to hold roadshow at Kochi on 26th March 2021.Objections to the above application have also been filed by respondents\n   1 to 5. They submit that relief prayed for by petitioners in above application\n\n                                  Page 3CR no.01/2021would amount to modification of orders passed by the court below on 20th June\n    2020 and 25th June 2020, which have already been upheld by this Court in\n    Appeal, bearing FAO no.06/2020. It is also stated that petitioners have no\n    authority to file application and project themselves as office bearers of KCCI,\n    more particularly when extended terms of office bearers, which is subject\n    matter of dispute in civil suit before the court below, has expired on 29th\n    September 2020 and therefore, petitioners are no more representatives of KCCI\n    and cannot claim so. It is also insisted by respondents that application on the\n    part of petitioners in itself is an admission on the part of petitioners that despite\n    having completed their term they are holding position by overstaying and are\n    making an attempt to legalise their overstay by seeking a judicial order.10. When the matter came up for consideration before this Court on 17th March\n    2021, after making rival contentions, the learned counsel for parties had been\n    fair enough and ready for holding elections to elect the office bearers of KCCI,\n    for which they proposed to give the names of persons (three persons each), who\n    may associate/conduct such elections. Accordingly, applications have been\n    filed by parties, diarized and registered as CM no.1576/2021 and CM\n    no.1619/2021, in which the name(s) of persons, proposed by the parties for\n    conducting elections.11. Petitioners have suggested three persons, named as:(1) Sheikh Ashaq Ahmad S/o Sheikh Mohammad Sidiq R/o 90 feet, Ahmad\n           Nagar, Srinagar\n       (2) Rauf Ahmad Punjabi S/o Siraj-ud-din Punjabi R/o Hawal, Srinagar\n       (3) Nazir Ahmad Mir S/o Ghulam Mohammad Mir R/o Syed Mansoor,\n           Fateh Kadal, Srinagar12. Respondents 1 to 5 have suggested following three persons:(1) Abdul Majid Matto S/o Late Qadir Shah Matto R/o Bagh-i-Ali Mardan,\n        Srinagar\n    (2) Abdul Hamid Punjabi S/o Abdul Aziz Punjabi R/o 7 Booni Lal Bazar,\n        Srinagar\n    (3) Mushtaq Ahmad Wani S/o Jan Mohammad Wani R/o Hyderpora, Srinagar.13. I have heard learned counsel for parties and considered the matter.14. Taking into consideration the case set up by the parties, it would be\n    appropriate that abovenamed six persons shall form and function as a\n    Committee for conducting elections of KCCI as also for the positions/office\n    bearers of KCCI, viz. President, Senior Vice President, Junior Vice President,\n    Secretary General, Joint Secretary General and Treasurer as prescribed under\n    MOA of KCCI. All the exercise in this regard shall be undertaken and\n    concluded within one month and by the end of April 2021, all the\n    positions/office bearers of KCCI shall be elected.It is made clear here that the above elections shall be supervised by\n    Deputy Commissioner, Srinagar. He shall and is free to take all steps for\n    conduct of elections of KCCI and while conducting the elections shall follow all\n    the SOPs issued by the Government from time to time with regard to the\n    COVID 19 pandemic and ensure its conclusion by end of April 2021, and\n    report accordingly.Ordered accordingly.Registry to transmit copy of this order to Deputy Commissioner,\n    Srinagar for compliance.15. A submission has been made, though by petitioners, to permit payment of salary\n    to employees/staff of KCCI as also payment of telephone/ electricity charges\n    and rentals, but, that has substance.This Court, after having an overall view of the matter, do hereby direct\n    that from today till the elections of KCCI are over and new Committee/office\n    bearers elected, i.e. ending April 2021,S/Shri Farooq AhminChadino S/o\n    Mohammad Amin R/o K.P.Road, Nai Basti, Anantnag (petitioner no.2) and\n    Manzoor Ahmad Pakhtoom S/o Noor Mohammad PakhtoonR/o Brane Nishat\n    Vakil Colony, Srinagar (petitioner no.4), shall act as Caretakers of KCCI, to\n    operate Bank Account Nos.SB-0005040100009440 and SB-0005040100041830\n\n                                    Page 4CR no.01/2021of KCCI, maintained in J&K Bank Branch Unit Residency Road Srinagar, only\n          to the extent of making payment of salary to employees/staff of KCCI and for\n          payment of electricity/ telephone bills/charges.The xerox copies of payments on account of salary to employees/ staff of\n          KCCI and electricity/telephone bills/charges, shall be submitted by above\n          named persons before this Court.CM no.1327/2021 to this extent is disposed of.Registry to transmit copy of this order to J&K Bank Limited Branch\n          Unit Residency Road, Srinagar.Manager, J&K Bank Limited, Branch Unit Residency Road, Srinagar,\n          shall submit the details/statement of aforementioned accounts by end of April\n          2021, detailing out therein the amount lying and withdrawn by afore-named\n          persons from the above accounts.16. Another submission, that has again been made by petitioners, needs also\n          consideration.The roadshow that KCCI is to organize on 26th March 2021 in the City\n          of Kochi, under the auspices of J&K Tourism Department, shall be attended too\n          by KCCI and in this regard abovenamed two persons, S/Shri Farooq Ahmin\n          Chadino S/o Mohammad Amin R/o K.P.Road, Nai Basti, Anantnag (petitioner\n          no.2) and Manzoor Ahmad Pakhtoom S/o Noor Mohammad Pakhtoon R/o\n          Brane Nishat Vakil Colony, Srinagar (petitioner no.4),shall take all steps as\n          may be required therefor in the capacity of Caretakers of KCCI and not in the\n          capacity of office bearers of KCCI. The formalities and submission of proof as\n          has been asked by J&K Tourism Department in terms of Order bearing\n          no.DTK/Pub/164-IV/480 dated 3rd March 2021 shall be fulfilled by aforesaid\n          Caretakers, with copy thereof to be submitted before this Court as well.It is made clear here that Tourism Department J&K, shall not release\n          the sponsorship amount in favour of KCCI till further orders by this Court. The\n          Director, Tourism Department, Kashmir, shall file its report before this Court\n          with all the documents which would be submitted by above-named Caretakers\n          vis-à-vis aforesaid roadshow.Ordered accordingly.In view of above CM nos.1326/2021; 1576/2021; and 1619/2021 stand\n          disposed of.17. Let main matter (CR no.01/2021) come up on 12th May 2021."2. By aforesaid order, six persons were directed to form and function as a\n\n   Committee for conducting elections of KCCI as also for the positions/\n\n   office bearers of KCCI, viz. President, Senior Vice President, Junior Vice\n\n   President, Secretary General, Joint Secretary General, and Treasurer, as\n\n   prescribed under MOA of KCCI and that all the said exercise would be\n\n   undertaken and concluded within one month and by the end of April 2021\n\n   all the positions/office bearers of KCCI would be elected. It was also made\n\n   clear that Deputy Commissioner, Srinagar, would supervise the above\n\n   elections and would take all steps for conducting KCCI elections and\n\n   follow all the SOPs issued by the Government from time to time with\n\n\n                                        Page 5CR no.01/2021regard to the COVID 19 pandemic and would ensure its conclusion by end\n\nof April 2021, and report accordingly.Considering the submissions that popped up during course of\n\narguments on 23.03.2021, this Court also directed that till the elections of\n\nKCCI were over and new Committee/office bearers elected, i.e. ending\n\nApril 2021,S/Shri Farooq Ahmin Chadino S/o Mohammad Amin R/o\n\nK.P.Road, Nai Basti, Anantnag (petitioner no.2) and Manzoor Ahmad\n\nPakhtoom S/o Noor Mohammad Pakhtoon R/o Brane Nishat Vakil Colony,\n\nSrinagar (petitioner no.4), would act as Caretakers of KCCI, to operate\n\nBank Account Nos.SB-0005040100009440 and SB-0005040100041830 of\n\nKCCI, maintained in J&K Bank Branch Unit Residency Road Srinagar,\n\nonly to the extent of making payment of salary to employees/staff of KCCI\n\nand for payment of electricity/ telephone bills/charges. Manager, J&K\n\nBank Limited, Branch Unit Residency Road, Srinagar, was also directed to\n\nsubmit the details/ statement of the accounts by end of April 2021,\n\ndetailing out therein the amount lying and withdrawn by afore-named\n\npersons from the above accounts.It was also directed that roadshow which KCCI was to organize on\n\n26th March 2021 in the City of Kochi, under the auspices of J&K Tourism\n\nDepartment, would be attended too by KCCI and in this regard two\n\npersons, S/Shri Farooq AhminChadino S/o Mohammad Amin R/o\n\nK.P.Road, Nai Basti, Anantnag (petitioner no.2) and Manzoor Ahmad\n\nPakhtoom S/o Noor Mohammad Pakhtoon R/o Brane Nishat Vakil Colony,\n\nSrinagar (petitioner no.4), would take all steps as may be required therefor\n\nin the capacity of Caretakers of KCCI and not in the capacity of office\n\nbearers of KCCI and that the formalities and submission of proof as had\n\n                                 Page 6CR no.01/2021been asked by J&K Tourism Department in terms of Order bearing\n\n   no.DTK/Pub/164-IV/480 dated 3rd March 2021 would be fulfilled by\n\n   aforesaid Caretakers, with copy thereof to be submitted before this Court\n\n   as well. It was also made clear that Tourism Department J&K, would not\n\n   release the sponsorship amount in favour of KCCI till further orders by\n\n   this Court and Director, Tourism Department, Kashmir, would file its\n\n   report before this Court with all the documents which would be submitted\n\n   by the Caretakers vis-à-vis aforesaid roadshow.3. The matter again came up for consideration before a Bench of this Court\n\n   on 28.06.2021, including consideration of an application, bearing CM\n\n   no.3893/2021, wherein applicants sought a direction to Deputy\n\n   Commissioner, Srinagar, to permit holding of elections of KCCI at earliest\n\n   in terms of the order dated 23.03.2021, passed by this Court. It was\n\n   mentioned in the application, in view of directions passed by this Court on\n\n   23.03.2021, election committee vide notice dated 06.04.2021 fixed\n\n   26.04.2021 as the date for election of executive committee of KCCI and it\n\n   was also notified that result of elections of members of executive\n\n   committee would be declared on 29.04.2021 at Amar Singh Club,\n\n   Srinagar, but before elections could be conducted, the Sonwar area where\n\n   Amar Singh Club was situated came to be declared as Containment Zone,\n\n   and, as such, Deputy Commissioner, Srinagar, vide communication dated\n\n   24.04.2021 informed that elections as scheduled could not be conducted\n\n   till the said zone was de-notified under the norms. To the said contention\n\n   of applicants, Mr M. A. Qayoom, learned counsel fro petitioner/ non-applicants averred that Sonwar area, where Amar Singh Club, was situated\n\n   had not been declared as Cantonment Zone and prayed that Deputy\n\n                                   Page 7CR no.01/2021Commissioner, Srinagar, to conduct elections of executive committee of\n\n   KCC in terms of earlier order dated 23.03.2021, passed by this Court.Accordingly, application, bearing CM no.3893/2021, was disposed of\n\n   with a direction to Deputy Commissioner, Srinagar, to conduct elections of\n\n   executive committee of KCCI within a period of 15 days from the date of\n\n   receipt of the said order dated 28.06.2021.4. When the matter came up for further consideration on 08.07.2021, it was\n   stated by learned counsel for petitioners that Deputy Commissioner,\n   Srinagar, did not take any step for conducting elections. Accordingly,\n   learned counsel appearing for respondent-State was directed to file an\n   affidavit/compliance report in terms of order dated 28.06.2021.5. Compliance/status report was filed by Deputy Commissioner, Srinagar.6. On 14.07.2021, in view of submission of compliance/status report, parties\n   were given liberty to file their response thereto.7. On 19.07.2021, a Bench of this Court, taking into account the plea of\n\n   contagious COVID-19, directed Deputy Commissioner, Srinagar, to\n\n   respond to the suggestions indicating the feasibility of changing the\n\n   location of the elections as also the feasibility of holding elections in a\n\n   staggered manner spreading over a period of two weeks.8. This Court vide order dated 09.05.2022 reiterated and directed that the\n\n   elections of KCCI be conducted and concluded within a month with a\n\n   direction to Deputy Commissioner, Srinagar, to take all steps and ensure\n\n   conclusion of elections within one month and report accordingly.9. Deputy Commissioner, Srinagar, filed his report in compliance to the\n\n   Order dated 09.05.2022, wherein he has stated that steps were initiated in\n\n   terms of the orders of this Court to ensure conduct of elections of KCCI,\n\n   but the elections could not be held as the committee sought some time to\n\n   allow fresh nomination or withdrawal from previously nominated\n\n                                     Page 8CR no.01/2021candidates and that some members disagreed to the mode and conduct of\n\n   elections as they insisted that elections were to be held for the year 2022-\n\n   23 in terms of the Notification issued in the year 2020-21, for which terms\n\n   was to expire in September 2022.10.It is coming to fore from the minutes of the order dated 13.07.2022 that\n\n   counsel for both sides fairly agreed to withdraw one of nominated\n\n   candidate, who moved application and fresh nominations, if any, in terms\n\n   of the election notification already issued within one week. It is also made\n\n   mention of in the order dated 13.07.2022 that elections are to be held in\n\n   terms of the election notification already issued as per directions of this\n\n   Court within a period of one month. This Court has also mentioned that as\n\n   all other issues have already been considered vide order dated 23.03.2020,\n\n   and Notification issued, which prescribes the term as well, the Deputy\n\n   Commissioner, Srinagar, as well as the members of the Committee shall\n\n   conduct the elections of KCCI in terms of orders dated 23.03.2022 and\n\n   09.05.2022 and all steps as may be required shall be taken by Deputy\n\n   Commissioner, Srinagar, so as to ensure conclusion of elections within a\n\n   period of one month.11.Nevertheless, the position is same as it existed in March 2021. The\n\n   elections are yet to be conducted given the obstacles created under one\n\n   pretext or the other ostensibly by the Committee members, making it\n\n   imperative to have alternative option/measure for conducting and\n\n   concluding the elections of KCCI.12.So taking an overall view of the matter and considering the fact that it is\n\n   because of the obstacles and hindrances created as is evident from the\n\n   conduct of the Committee members that this Court is left with no option\n\n                                    Page 9CR no.01/2021but to direct Deputy Commissioner, Srinagar, to get the elections of KCCI\n\n             conducted expeditiously and at an earliest. In this regard, it would be\n\n             appropriate that Joint Registrar (Judicial), High Court of J&K and Ladakh\n\n             of Srinagar Wing, along with Assistant Commissioner (Revenue),\n\n             Srinagar, to be nominated by Deputy Commissioner, Srinagar, shall\n\n             conduct and conclude the aforesaid elections of KCCI within one month.And for smooth conclusion of elections of KCCI within aforesaid period\n\n             the members already nominated by this Court vide order dated 23.03.2021\n\n             shall provide all assistance to the aforesaid officers. It is made clear here\n\n             that in the event any of the members of the Committee is/are not in a\n\n             position to render the assistance as was/is required of him/them, the\n\n             aforesaid officers shall be free to take all steps as may be required and\n\n             deemed appropriate by them for conduct and conclusion of elections of\n\n             KCCI. That apart, the caretakers, appointed by this Court in terms of\n\n             order dated 23.03.2021, shall cease to be the caretakers from 27.02.2023\n\n             or from the date the elections are concluded, which is earlier.13.Joint Registrar (Judicial) shall be paid the fee of Rs.50,000/- by KCCI.14.Ordered accordingly.15.List on 27.02.2023.16.Registry to forthwith send copy of this order to Deputy Commissioner,\n\n             Srinagar, for compliance. Copy be also provided to counsel for parties.(Vinod ChatterjiKoul)\n                                                                         Judge\n         Srinagar\n         02.12.2022\n         Qazi Amjad, Secy\n\n\n\n\nQAZI AMJAD YOUSUF\n                                              Page 10\n2022.12.16 11:31                                                               CR no.01/2021