IN THE HIGH COURT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH AT SHIMLA CWP No. 7045 of 2023 Decided on 01st April 2025 Beli Ram Thakur …Petitioner Versus Deputy Commissioner and other …Respondents Coram Hon’ble Mr. Justice Ajay Mohan Goel, Judge 1Whether approved for reporting? For the petitioner: Mr. Sumeet Raj Sharma, Advocate. For the respondents: Mr. Pushpinder Singh Jawal, Additional Advocate General, for respondents No.1 and 2. Mr. Hamender Singh Jaswal, Advocate, vice Mr. Sandeep Dutta, Advocate, for respondent No.3. Mr. Ram Murti Bisht, Advocate, for respondent No.4. Ajay Mohan Goel, Judge (Oral) By way of this writ petition, the petitioner has primarily prayed for the following reliefs:- “Issue writ in the nature of mandamus thereby directing respondents No.1 to 3 to initiate inquiry and take appropriate action against respondent No.4, in accordance with law, rules and norms and close down the saw mill illegally being run respondent No.4. 2. The petitioner was purportedly aggrieved by the fact that a saw mill stood set up by the private respondent and the same 2 was being run illegally by the private respondent on Khasra No.1938-40 Mohal Rewalsar, District Mandi, H.P., since the year 1997. 3. Learned counsel appearing for the private respondent has drawn the attention of the Court to the reply filed by respondent No.2 and has submitted that alongwith the reply an order passed by Deputy Conservator of Forests, Mandi Forest Division, H.P., has been appended dated 04.08.2023, in terms whereof, permission was granted to the private respondent to install the saw mill on Khasra No.1938/40 at Muhal Rewalsar, District Mandi, H.P., and saw mill has been now set up on the said Khasra number. 4. At this stage, learned counsel for the petitioner submits that in the backdrop of this development, petitioner be allowed to withdraw the petition with liberty to assail order dated 04.08.2023 in accordance with law. 5. Petition is allowed to be withdrawn with liberty as prayed for, subject to all just exceptions. (Ajay Mohan Goel) Judge April 01, 2025 (Vinod)