2025:UHC:6371-DB IN THE HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND AT NAINITAL HON’BLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE SRI G. NARENDAR AND HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE ALOK MAHRA WRIT PETITION (M/B) NO. 192 OF 2025 21st July, 2025 The Foodloft …… Petitioner Versus State of Uttarakhand And Others …… Respondents With WRIT PETITION (M/B) NO. 196 of 2025 WRIT PETITION (M/B) NO. 197 of 2025 WRIT PETITION (M/B) NO. 200 of 2025 WRIT PETITION (M/B) NO. 201 of 2025 WRIT PETITION (M/B) NO. 203 of 2025 Presence:- Mr. Arvind Vashistha, learned Senior Counsel, assisted by Mr. Sandeep Kothari, learned counsel for the petitioners. Mr. C.S. Rawat, learned Chief Standing Counsel alongwith Mr. J.S. Bisht and Mr. S.S. Chaudhary, learned Standing Counsel for the State. --------------------------------------------------------------------- JUDGMENT: (per Hon’ble The Chief Justice Sri G. Narendar) Learned counsel on both sides submit that petitions at serial numbers 9.1, 9.2, 9.3, 9.4, 9.5 and 9.6 are covered by an order of this Bench dated 03.07.2025 rendered while disposing of WPMB No. 127 of 2025. 2. In the above writ petition, the following order came to be passed by the Court:- 1 2025:UHC:6371-DB “70. Accordingly, the writ petitions are allowed. The offending phrase / words of Rule 17b, i.e. “adjoining areas” is, hereby, quashed. Rule 17b shall be read down and be read without the phrase “adjoining areas”. 71. The State Government shall process the applications of the petitioners and other eligible persons in terms of the law laid down by the Constitutional Bench of the Hon’ble Apex Court in Paragraph 60 (g) in the case of Khoday Distilleries (supra) within an outer limit of four weeks from the date of receipt of this judgment.” 3. The submission is placed on record. 4. In view of the submission made, the instant writ petitions are also ordered accordingly in the above terms. ________________ G. NARENDAR, C.J. ____________ ALOK MAHRA, J. Dt: 21st July, 2025 Ujjwal 2