2025:UHC:5267-DB IN THE HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND AT NAINITAL HON’BLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE SRI G. NARENDAR AND HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE ALOK MAHRA 23RD JUNE, 2025 WRIT PETITION (PIL) No. 101 OF 2023 Ishwar Chand Verma. …Petitioner Versus State Of Uttarakhand and others. …Respondents Counsel for the petitioner. : Mr. Birendra Singh Adhikari, learned counsel. Counsel for the respondents. : Mr. J.C. Pande, learned S.C. for the State of Uttarakhand. JUDGMENT : (per Sri G. Narendar, C.J.) Both the counsels submit that, after the filing of the Writ Petition, the storage permission, granted vide Annexure No. 1 dated 18.12.2021, has been cancelled. The submission is placed on record. The Writ Petition is disposed of, as having rendered infructuous. 2. With regard to the second relief sought, the Director of Mines and Geology shall initiate appropriate proceedings, and after affording an opportunity to all the concerned parties shall assess and quantify, as to whether any loss is caused, and initiate proceedings to recover the same. The Writ Petition stands ordered accordingly. As a sequel thereto, the miscellaneous petitions, if any pending, shall stand closed. _______________ G. NARENDAR, C.J. _____________ ALOK MAHRA, J. Dt: 23rd June, 2025 Rahul 1 RAHUL PRAJAPATI Digitally signed by RAHUL PRAJAPATI DN: c=IN, o=HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND, ou=HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND, 2.5.4.20=aa4fa3bee6691397758b14516ed3 e66e61bf4c848741983ed8c39e4145cf1dab, postalCode=263001, st=UTTARAKHAND, serialNumber=303B55CC3063D34AC45BF8 A192FCAD15C390A1AAD7B39857D2540AE 4C28A4898, cn=RAHUL PRAJAPATI Date: 2025.06.25 15:57:18 +05'30'