SL. No Date Office Notes, reports, orders or proceedings or directions and Registrar’s order with Signatures COURT’S OR JUDGES’S ORDERS D1- 15 WPMS No.2139 of 2025 Hon’ble Ravindra Maithani, J. Ms. Neeti Rana, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. Lalit Sharma, Advocate for the respondents. By means of the instant petition, the petitioner seeks the following reliefs:- (i) Issue a suitable writ order or direction in the nature of mandamus commanding the respondents to remove the advertisement board, Hoardings/Unipoles which have installed in unauthorized manner by several persons on the rooftop of private and public buildings as well as on the boundary walls within the local limit of Nagar Nigam Rudrapur in violationof Rule 5(1)(2) and (4) and Rule 14 of the Uttarakhand Municipal Corporation (Advertisement Permit and Determination and Collection of Tax on Advertisement and Recovery) Rule 2015. (ii) Issue a suitable writ order or direction in the nature of mandamus commanding the respondents to take immediate action for removing the unauthorised advertisement board, Hoardings/Unipoles installed by several persons on the rooftop of private and public buildings as well as on the boundary walls within the local limit of Nagar Nigam Rudrapur in violation of Rule 5(1), (2) and (4) and Rule 14 of the Uttarakhand Municipal Corporation (Advertisement Permit and Determination and Collection of Tax on Advertisement and Recovery) Rule 2015 as well as take immediate legal action against those persons who in violation of rules have installed the Hoardings, unipoles and advertisement. (iii) To issue any suitable writ, order or direction of any nature which this Hon’ble Court may deem fit and proper in the present circumstances of the case. (iv) To award the cost of the writ Petition in favour of the petitioner. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner has entered into an agreement with the respondent no.1/Nagar Nigam, Rudrapur (“the Nagar Nigam”) for placing advertisement/hoardings/unipoles within the territory of Nagar Nigam, but there are various other persons, who have placed advertisement/unipoles/hoardings in the area in which the petitioner has been given contract by the Nagar Nigam, and it adversely effects the interest of the petitioner. She submits that the advertisement, etc. is governed by the Uttarakhand Municipal Corporation (Advertisement Permit and Determination and Collection of Tax on Advertisement and Recovery) Rule 2015 (“2015 Rules”) and according to Rules 5 and 14 of it, it is the duty of Nagar Nigam to ensure that without written permission, no advertisement/Hoardings/unipoles is established within the territory of Nagar Nigam, but Nagar Nigam is not fulfilling its statutory obligations. Learned counsel for the respondents submits that the respondents are taking actions with regard to unauthorised advertisement in the Nagar Nigam area in accordance with the 2015 Rules. Several hoardings/advertisements/unipoles have already been removed and the process will be completed within a period of three months. The Court takes on record the statement given by learned counsel for the respondents. The petition is disposed of with the directions to the respondents-authority to complete their statutory obligations under the 2015 Rules within the time period, as suggested on their behalf. (Ravindra Maithani J.) 17.07.2025 RV