Srinagar, July 18 -- A division bench has sought a response from the government within four weeks, days after dismissing a batch of petitions as withdrawn, while granting the petitioners liberty to file a fresh challenge to various provisions of the Jammu & Kashmir Reservation Act, 2004 - in particular, Section 3

In the fresh plea, the petitioners have challenged Section-3, Section-4, Section-6, Section-8 and Section-9 of the Jammu and Kashmir Reservation Act 2004, some rules of Jammu & Kashmir Reservation Rules of 2005 including Rule-4, Rule-5, Rule-9, Rule-10, Rule-13, Rule-15 and Rule-17, S.O 176 dated 15-03-2024, S.O 127 dated 20-04-2020, S.O 305 dated 31-05-2024, SRO 518 dated 02-Sep-2019, Jammu & Kashmir reservation Rules 2005.

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