2025:UHC:5487-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 (PUBLIC INTEREST LITIGATION) NO. 107 OF 2025 27th JUNE, 2025 Jagpal Singh …… Petitioner Versus State of Uttarakhand And Others …… Respondents Presence:- Ms. Anupriya Kukreti, learned counsel for the petitioner. Mr. P.C. Bisht, learned Additional Chief Standing Counsel alongwith Mr. Sachin Mohan Singh Mehta, learned Brief Holder for the State of Uttarakhand. --------------------------------------------------------------------- JUDGMENT: (per Hon’ble The Chief Justice Sri G. Narendar) The petition is preferred for the issuance of the writ of quo-warranto. 2. Learned Additional Chief Standing Counsel submits that the 4th respondent retired nearly a decade ago. In that view of the matter, the prayer for quo-warranto cannot be sustained. 1 2025:UHC:5487-DB 3. In that view of the matter and in view of the fact that the respondent is not an occupant of any office, the prayer for quo-warranto, in our opinion, is not maintainable. 4. Accordingly, the writ petition stands rejected. ________________ G. NARENDAR, C.J. ____________ ALOK MAHRA, J. Dt: 27th June, 2025 Ujjwal 2