Land Acquisition Does Not Confer an Automatic Right to Railway Jobs, Plea by Two Land Losers Dismissed: Jammu and Kashmir High Court
The Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court has dismissed a writ petition filed by two residents of Ompora, Budgam, seeking railway jobs under the land-loser quota after their families' land was acquired for a railway yard and workshop. The petitioners, Zareena Akhter and Tanveer Ahmad Wani, approached the court seeking formal engagement orders and treatment similar to other families whose land had been acquired for the project. Zareena Akhter…