SRINAGAR: The High Court of Jammu Kashmir and Ladakh has formally initiated the process for filling posts of Civil Judges (Senior Division) by way of promotion from amongst Civil Judges (Junior Division) on an ad-hoc basis, according to an official order referenced as “JUDGE.pdf”.
The order, identified as No.: 061 of 2026/RG and dated 06.06.2026, was issued by the Registrar General, MK Sharma, from the Office of the Registrar General at Srinagar. The Chief Justice (Acting) has been pleased to constitute a committee comprising Justice Sanjay Parihar and Justice Shahzad Azeem to conduct interviews for eligible candidates falling within the consideration zone, in accordance with Rule 7 (c) of the Jammu Kashmir and Ladakh Judicial Service Rules, 2025.
The list of officers in the consideration zone, detailed in Annexure-“A” includes: Rohit Sharma (1st Additional Munsiff/Forest Magistrate, Jammu), Rashi Verma (Munsiff/Addl. Special Mobile Magistrate, Samba), Shilpa Dogra (Principal Magistrate, JJB, Doda), Poonam Gupta (DMM (T) Kathua), Neena Thakur (Munsiff, Udhampur), Shayesta Nazir (City Munsiff, Srinagar), Shahber Ayaz (Principal Magistrate, JJB, Budgam), Bazila Bashir (Principal Magistrate, JJB, Shopian), Danishta Shafi (Munsiff, Pulwama), Himani Parihar (Principal Magistrate, JJB Jammu), Shafiq Mushtaq Lone (Additional Mobile Magistrate (T), Jammu), Fakhar un Nissa (Principal Magistrate, JJB, Pulwama), Saloni Anand (Principal Magistrate, JJB, Poonch), Ahtzaz Ahmed (Principal Magistrate, JJB, Anantnag), Muneer Ahmad Bhat (Additional Special Mobile Magistrate, Awantipora), Cheena Sumbria (Principal Magistrate, JJB, Samba), Farah Bashir (Principal Magistrate, JJB, Ganderbal), Uzma Amin (Munsiff, Pampore), Raja Arshad Hamid (Principal Magistrate, JJB, Srinagar), Mainaaz Qadir (Additional Special Mobile Magistrate, Pantha Chowk), Towfeel Ahmad Mir (Additional Special Mobile Magistrate, Beerwah), Ms. Bhanu Bhasin (Munsiff, Basohli), Altaf Ahmad Mir-II (Munsiff, Handwara), Shazia Chowdhary (Munsiff, RS Pura), Lakshay Badyal (Munsiff, Hiranagar), Mahjabeen Akhter (Principal Magistrate, JJB, Reasi), Mahavir Singh (Munsiff, Thathri), Arvind Manhas (3rd Additional Munsiff, Jammu), Kartar Singh (District Mobile Magistrate (T), Doda), Karan Bijyal (Munsiff, Kishtwar), Deldan Angmo (Munsiff/Addl. Special Mobile Magistrate, Khaltsi), Man Mohan Kumar (Principal Magistrate, JJB Udhampur), Vishal Bharti (Munsiff, Katra), Mohd. Waseem Mirza (Munsiff, Shopian), Arusa Chowdhary (Principal Magistrate, JJB, Rajouri), Adnan Manzoor (Principal Magistrate, JJB, Baramulla), and Mudasir Bashir (Principal Magistrate, JJB, Kupwara).
