SRINAGAR: The High Court of Jammu Kashmir and Ladakh has ordered a fresh round of judicial transfers and postings, designated courts for the field training of newly appointed Civil Judges (Junior Division) and issued arrangements for their salaries, attachments and additional judicial charge.
All judicial officers covered by the order have been directed to report to their respective stations by November 1, 2026. Registrar General M.K. Sharma issued Order No. 1685 of 2026/RG on October 28, setting out the arrangements across the two Union Territories.
The order contains five annexures covering court-wise postings, training placements, attachments to the J&K Judicial Academy, promoted officers awaiting further adjustment and interim arrangements to ensure the uninterrupted functioning of courts.
As part of the administrative measures, eight vacant posts of Civil Judge (Junior Division) have been temporarily transferred from the overall cadre to the J&K Judicial Academy to facilitate the drawal of salaries for officers attached to the institution. The arrangement will continue until further orders.
The High Court has also directed that salaries of Civil Judges placed in the courts listed in Annexure B be drawn from the respective courts to which they have been assigned.
Newly appointed judges assigned field training
The High Court has designated 29 courts across Jammu and Kashmir for the field training of newly appointed Civil Judges (Junior Division) selected under the prescribed guidelines.
Eight officers appointed through Government Order No. 13833-JK(LD) of 2026, dated October 27, will undergo training while remaining attached to the J&K Judicial Academy. They are Deekhsha Sharma, Sonam, Manvika Koshal, Priyanka Bhardwaj, Anamika Angral, Sahiba Banotra, Sanyogita Saini and Tania Mahajan.
The arrangement also covers Abdul Nafeh Rehmani and Nusrat Kabir, who were selected under Government Order No. 6639-JK(LD) of 2026, dated May 25, but are awaiting formal appointment orders.
The newly appointed officers have been directed to submit their joining reports and requisite documents to the High Court Registry through the concerned Principal District and Sessions Judges. The reports must be routed through the district judges under whose jurisdiction the officers are currently placed under an earlier attachment order issued by the Director of the Judicial Academy.
The Principal District and Sessions Judges concerned will be responsible for ensuring compliance with the reporting deadline. Any reduction in the prescribed joining period will be adjusted against the leave account of the officer concerned in accordance with the applicable rules.
Limited magisterial powers during training
The High Court has specified the judicial functions that officers posted to the designated training courts may perform during the training period.
They will exercise the powers of Judicial Magistrates First Class within their respective districts, but only for three specified purposes and subject to the relevant statutory provisions.
These include recording statements under Section 164 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973, or Section 183 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, as applicable.
The officers may also supervise the sealing of seized contraband in accordance with the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (Seizure, Storage, Sampling and Disposal) Rules, 2022, and attest affidavits under the applicable provisions of the Oaths Act and other relevant laws.
Any additional responsibilities assigned to them will be governed by the guidelines approved and issued by the High Court from time to time.
Promoted Civil Judges attached to Registrars Judicial
Eleven officers promoted as Civil Judges (Senior Division) through High Court Order No. 1578 of 2026/RG, dated October 10, have been attached to the Registrars Judicial at Jammu and Srinagar pending further adjustment.
Seven officers — Rohit Sharma, Rashi Verma, Shilpa Dogra, Poonam Gupta, Neena Thakur, Himani Parihar and Shafiq Mushtaq Lone — have been attached to the Registrar Judicial, Jammu.
The four officers attached to the Registrar Judicial, Srinagar, are Shayesta Nazir, Shahber Ayaz, Bazila Bashir and Danishta Shafi.
The attachments are interim arrangements until the officers receive further postings.
Court-wise transfers and postings
Annexure A contains 78 entries relating to Munsiff courts, Additional Munsiff courts, traffic magistrate courts, special mobile magistrate courts, Juvenile Justice Boards and positions associated with the High Court.
The schedule covers districts across both divisions, including Jammu, Samba, Udhampur, Reasi, Kathua, Doda, Kishtwar, Ramban, Rajouri, Poonch, Srinagar, Ganderbal, Budgam, Anantnag, Kulgam, Pulwama, Shopian, Baramulla, Bandipora and Kupwara.
In Jammu district, the postings include Roopsi Goney to the 4th Additional Munsiff Court, Lakshay Badyal to the 3rd Additional Munsiff Court, Arushi Shukla to the Additional Mobile Magistrate (Traffic) Court, Rekha Sharma to the Munsiff Court and Sonali Sharma to the Forest Magistrate, First Additional Munsiff Court. Shukla is also listed against the Munsiff Court, Akhnoor.
Kritika Sethi has been posted to the Additional Munsiff Court, Samba. In Udhampur, the schedule names Neena Thakur for the Munsiff Court, Rishabh Koushal for the Munsiff/District Judicial Mobile Magistrate (Traffic) Court and Ravinder Singh for the Munsiff Court, Chenani.
The Reasi postings include Shavika Gupta to the Munsiff Court and Vishal Bharti to the Munsiff Court, Katra. In Kathua, the schedule lists Viren Magotra for the Munsiff Court, Shyam Kumar for the Munsiff/District Mobile Magistrate (Traffic) Court, Lakshay Sharma for the Munsiff Court, Hiranagar, Bhanu Bhasin for the Munsiff Court, Basholi, and Prashant Kumar for the Munsiff Court, Billawar. Rishabh Koushal is also listed against the Munsiff/Additional Special Mobile Magistrate Court, Billawar, where the corresponding position is shown as vacant in the schedule.
In Doda district, Akanksha Bhagat has been listed for the Munsiff Court, Bhaderwah, Kartar Singh for the District Mobile Magistrate (Traffic) Court and Karan Bijyal for the Munsiff Court, Gandoh Bhalessa. The order assigns the traffic court’s charge to the Munsiff, Thathri. Akash Deep Singh has been listed for the Munsiff Court, Kishtwar.
The Ramban entries include a vacancy in the Munsiff/Additional Special Mobile Magistrate Court, while Sonali Sharma is listed for the Munsiff Court, Banihal, and Ajay for the Munsiff Court, Gool.
In Rajouri, the postings include Alisha Bhagat to the Munsiff Court, Kalakote, Bharti Slathia to the Munsiff Court, Thannamandi, Bhawana Kesar to the Munsiff Court, Sunderbani and Shavika Gupta to the Munsiff/District Mobile Magistrate (Traffic) Court. The Munsiff Court, Budhal, is listed as vacant.
For Poonch, Roopsi Mendhar has been listed for the Munsiff Court, Mendhar, and Jaspreet Kaur for the District Mobile Magistrate (Traffic) Court.
In Srinagar, Shayesta Nazir has been listed for the City Munsiff Court, Zirgham Mansoor Ahmad Mir for the 1st Additional Munsiff Court and Vikas Bhardwaj for the 2nd Additional Munsiff Court.
The Ganderbal schedule names Mahoor for the Munsiff Court and Moonis Wahid for the Munsiff Court, Kangan. In Budgam, Tasneem Kawoos has been listed for the Munsiff Court and Rabiya Snober Gulzar for the Munsiff Court, Magam.
Anantnag’s postings include Anurag Khajuria to the Munsiff/District Mobile Magistrate (Traffic) Court, Arshad Aziz Qureshi to the Munsiff Court, Anantnag, Fazal Ul Haq to the Munsiff Court, Shangus, and Shyam Kumar to the Munsiff Court, Aishmuqam.
In Kulgam, Akash Deep Singh has been listed for the Munsiff Court and Hina Parveen Goney for the Munsiff Court, Qazigund. The Pulwama schedule names Danishta Shafi for the Munsiff Court, Uzma Amin for the Munsiff Court, Pampore, and Muneer Ahmad Bhat for the Munsiff/Additional Special Mobile Magistrate Court, Awantipora. Mohd Waseem Mirza has been listed for the Munsiff Court, Shopian.
In Baramulla, Hiteshwar Kesar has been listed for the Munsiff Court, Waqar Ahmad for the Munsiff Court, Tangmarg, and Usman Khurshid for the District Mobile Magistrate (Traffic) Court, Sopore. The Munsiff Court, Boniyar, is shown as vacant.
Amandeep Singh has been listed for the Munsiff Court, Bandipora, and Rahila Rashid for the Munsiff Court, Sumbal. In Kupwara, Iram Irtiza has been listed for the Munsiff Court, Altaf Ahmad Mir-II for the Munsiff Court, Handwara, and Mansoor Ahmad Mir for the Munsiff/Additional Special Mobile Magistrate Court, Kralpora.
Annexure A also sets out arrangements for Principal Magistrates of Juvenile Justice Boards. The listed officers include Himani Parihar in Jammu, Cheena Sumbria in Samba, Man Mohan Kumar in Udhampur, Mahjabeen Akhter in Reasi, Arusa Chowdhary in Rajouri, Saloni Anand in Poonch, Shilpa Dogra in Doda, Farah Bashir in Ganderbal, Shahber Ayaz in Budgam, Ahtzaz Ahmed in Anantnag, Fakhar-un-Nissa in Pulwama and other officers across the Kashmir Valley.
The schedule records vacancies for the Principal Magistrate positions in Kathua, Ramban, Kishtwar, Kulgam and Shopian. Four further entries relate to LRP positions associated with the High Court and subsequent adjustment in Gram Nyayalaya. Hiteshwar Kesar and Jyoti Kataria are listed against the High Court, Jammu, while Altaf Ahmad Mir-II and Farah Bashir are listed against the High Court, Srinagar.
The annexure also records vacancies and arrangements for assigning charge to other courts. The entries therefore cover both substantive postings and interim administrative responsibilities.
Field training across 29 courts
Annexure B identifies 29 courts for the field training of newly appointed Civil Judges (Junior Division).
In the Jammu division, the designated locations are R.S. Pura, Bishnah, Samba, Udhampur, Majalta, Reasi, Mahanpur, Doda, Thathri, Kishtwar, Ukhral, Thannamandi, Kotranka and Surankote.
In the Kashmir division, the training courts are the 3rd Additional Munsiff Court, Srinagar; Pantha Chowk; Ganderbal; Chrar-e-Sharief; Beerwah; Dooru; Pahalgam; Kulgam; D.H. Pora; Tral; Shopian; Dangiwacha; Chandoosa; Bandipora; and Tangdhar.
The schedule lists two officers against most of the designated courts. These include Samreen Tibb and Kritika Jain at R.S. Pura; Sanah Badyal and Stanzin Chosket Itzes at Bishnah; Rashi Verma and Vasudha Sharma at Samba; Akash Deep and Divyam at Udhampur; Andleeb Singh and Muskan Puri at Majalta; and Aastha Sharma and Anshul Lal Sharma at Reasi.
Kangna Gupta and Anchal Gupta have been listed for Mahanpur, while Riju Gupta is named in the Doda entry, where existing charge is assigned to the District Mobile Magistrate (Traffic), Doda. Mahavir Singh and Shikha Jamwal have been listed for Thathri, Deepika Sharma and Shweta Shavan for Kishtwar, Manzar Muneer and Sharida Rashid for Ukhral, Jyoti Kataria and Rasleen Kour for Thannamandi, Deepshikha and Amar Kumar for Kotranka, and Meghna Mohan and Vatsalya Chadha for Surankote.
For the Kashmir division, Varun Kumar and Amjed Iqbal have been listed for the 3rd Additional Munsiff Court, Srinagar, while Mainaaz Qadir and Gaurang Resutra have been listed for Pantha Chowk. The Ganderbal entry names Syed Sibtain Mehdi and assigns existing charge to the Munsiff, Ganderbal.
Aiman Amin and Dawood Ahmad Bhat have been listed for Chrar-e-Sharief; Towfeel Ahmad Mir and Tarush Kumar Oberoi for Beerwah; Aarizoo Javaid Rather and Zahir Irshad Butt for Dooru; and Saiga Khan Sharief for Pahalgam, where existing charge is assigned to the Munsiff/Additional Special Mobile Magistrate, Aishmuqam.
The remaining Kashmir placements include Sheeraz Akhter Malik and Shazia Manzoor at Kulgam; Nissar Ul Haq Khan and Syeed Faheem at D.H. Pora; Amaan Nissar and Mohd Sala Ud Din at Tral; Rameen Rashid Khan and Abaid Ullah at Shopian; Younis Hamid and Shuhab Shabir at Dangiwacha; Mohmad Aleem Syed at Chandoosa; Ufaq Mushtaq at Bandipora; and Mudasir Fazal Dader at Tangdhar.
For Chandoosa, existing charge has been assigned to the Munsiff, Tangmarg; for Bandipora, to the Munsiff, Bandipora; and for Tangdhar, to the Munsiff, Kralpora.
The High Court has reiterated that officers undergoing field training may exercise magisterial powers only for the specified functions. All other duties will be governed by the approved guidelines.
Additional charge arrangements
Annexure E provides for existing judicial officers to hold additional charge of courts where trainee judges have been placed, ensuring that judicial work continues during the training period.
In Srinagar, the Additional Mobile Magistrate (Traffic) will hold additional charge of the Additional Special Mobile Magistrate Court, Pantha Chowk, while the Principal Magistrate, Juvenile Justice Board, Srinagar, will hold charge of the 3rd Additional Munsiff Court.
In Ganderbal, the Munsiff will hold additional charge of the Additional Special Mobile Magistrate Court. In Baramulla, the Principal Magistrate, Juvenile Justice Board, will hold charge of the Munsiff Court, Dangiwacha, while the District Mobile Magistrate (Traffic), Sopore, will hold charge of the Munsiff Court, Chandoosa.
In Kupwara, the Sub Judge/Special Mobile Magistrate, Trehgam, will hold charge of the Principal Magistrate, Juvenile Justice Board, Kupwara, and the Munsiff, Kralpora, will hold charge of the Munsiff Court, Tangdhar.
In Bandipora, the Munsiff will hold charge of the Additional Special Mobile Magistrate Court, while the Principal Magistrate, Juvenile Justice Board, Ganderbal, will hold charge of the corresponding board in Bandipora. In Shopian, the Munsiff will hold charge of the Additional Special Mobile Magistrate Court.
In Kulgam, the Munsiff will hold charge of the Munsiff Court, D.H. Pora, while the Principal Magistrate, Juvenile Justice Board, Kulgam, will hold charge of the Additional Special Mobile Magistrate Court. In Pulwama, the Munsiff, Tral, will hold charge of the Additional Special Mobile Magistrate Court, Awantipora.
In Budgam, the Principal Magistrate, Juvenile Justice Board, will hold charge of the Additional Special Mobile Magistrate Court, Charar-i-Sharief, while the Munsiff, Magam, will hold charge of the Additional Special Mobile Magistrate Court, Beerwah. In Anantnag, the Principal Magistrate, Juvenile Justice Board, will hold charge of the Munsiff Court, Dooru, and the Munsiff, Aishmuqam, will hold charge of the Additional Special Mobile Magistrate Court, Pahalgam.
In Jammu, the Munsiff, R.S. Pura, will hold charge of the Additional Munsiff Court, R.S. Pura, while the Additional Special Mobile Magistrate (Traffic), Jammu, will hold charge of the Munsiff Court, Bishnah.
In Kathua, the Munsiff, Basholi, will hold charge of the Munsiff Court, Mahanpur. In Samba, the Additional Munsiff will hold charge of the Additional Special Mobile Magistrate Court. In Reasi, the Principal Magistrate, Juvenile Justice Board, will hold charge of the Additional Special Mobile Magistrate Court.
In Udhampur, the District Mobile Magistrate (Traffic) will hold charge of the Munsiff Court, Majalta, while the Principal Magistrate, Juvenile Justice Board, will hold charge of the Additional Special Mobile Magistrate Court. In Kishtwar, the Principal Magistrate, Juvenile Justice Board, will hold charge of the Additional Special Mobile Magistrate Court.
In Ramban, the Principal Magistrate, Juvenile Justice Board, will hold charge of the Munsiff Court, Ukhral. In Doda, the corresponding Juvenile Justice Board magistrate will hold charge of the Munsiff Court, Thathri, while the annexure assigns charge of the Additional Special Mobile Magistrate Court to the Principal Magistrate/District Mobile Magistrate (Traffic), Doda.
In Poonch, the Principal Magistrate, Juvenile Justice Board, will hold charge of the Additional Special Mobile Magistrate Court, Surankote. In Rajouri, the Munsiff, Budhal, will hold charge of the Munsiff Court, Kotranka, while the Munsiff, Thannamandi, will hold charge of the Additional Special Mobile Magistrate Court, Thannamandi.
The arrangements are intended to maintain court operations while field training, transfers and further adjustments are completed.
The November 1 deadline applies to the officers covered by the order, with the concerned Principal District and Sessions Judges tasked with ensuring that they report to their designated stations within the stipulated period.
