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2025:UHC:6949 SL. No. Date Office Notes, reports, orders or proceedings or directions and Registrar’s order with Signatures COURT’S OR JUDGE’S ORDERS
WPMS 2349/2025
Hon’ble Manoj Kumar Tiwari, J.
Mr. Lokendra Dobhal, Advocate, for the petitioner.
Mr. Dinesh Bankoti, Brief Holder, for the State.
(2) Petitioner has challenged a communication/letter, issued by SDM, Kotdwar to Tehsildar, Kotdwar on 30.5.2025. By the said letter, Tehsildar was requested to take necessary steps to remove unauthorised occupation over a piece of land.
(3) Learned State Counsel submits that the said communication is neither addressed to the petitioner nor his name is mentioned as encroacher over which the encroachment is to be removed. He further submits that petitioner is before Assistant Collector in a declaratory suit, filed under Section 229 of UPZA & LR Act and if he is apprehensive that he would be dispossessed, then he should approach the court concerned.
(4) We find substance in the submission of learned State Counsel. Petitioner does not have any locus standi to challenge the aforesaid communication, which is an interdepartmental communication between SDM and Tehsildar. If petitioner is aggrieved, he may approach the competent court. Writ petition thus fails and is dismissed.
(Manoj Kumar Tiwari, J.)
7.8.2025 Pr PRABODH KUMAR Digitally signed by PRABODH KUMAR DN: c=IN, o=HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND, ou=HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND, 2.5.4.20=3a082a00a95aff911a9559743af8f21c50602ff6eae4e61af3aeab198d462503, postalCode=263001, st=UTTARAKHAND, serialNumber=0DC111E8D8CA66E16B940EFDF806ACCC1AB588052DF6FCA58C67F3C91957BE53, cn=PRABODH KUMAR Date: 2025.08.07 17:43:44 +05'30'
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