2026:UHC:1810 1 HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND AT NAINITAL Writ Petition Misc. Single No. 633 of 2026 17 March, 2026 Sushma Mandal --Petitioner Versus State Of Uttarakhand & others --Respondents ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Presence:- Mr. B.S. Koranga, learned counsel for the petitioner. Mr. M.S. Bisht, learned Brief Holder for the State/respondent nos.1, 3 & 4. Mr. Pawan Sanwal, learned counsel holding brief of Mr. Rahul Consul, learned counsel for respondent no.2. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon'ble Pankaj Purohit, J. The petitioner was registered as a labourer with the Uttarakhand Building and Other Construction Workers Welfare Board. The registration number of the petitioner was 05031193175105, dated 29.11.2021. 2. The case of the petitioner is that under the welfare scheme floated by the Government under the provisions of the Building and Other Construction Workmen (Regulation of Employment and Conditions of Service) Act, 1996, it is a mandatory condition that, in case of the marriage of the petitioner’s daughter, a registered worker shall be paid a sum of Rs. 1 lakh as financial help. 2026:UHC:1810 2 3. The petitioner submits that the marriage of the petitioner’s daughter was solemnized with Prem Chand Baroi as per Hindu rites and ceremonies on 10.05.2023, and the said marriage was registered before the Office of the Registrar, Compulsory Registration of Marriages, Bazpur, Udham Singh Nagar, Uttarakhand. Annexure-3 is annexed and is relied upon by the petitioner to substantiate his submission before this Court. 4. Per contra, learned counsel for respondent no. 2 submits that, in the writ petition, the date of making the application has not been disclosed. However, this fact is disputed by learned counsel for the petitioner, stating that an online application has been moved by the petitioner to respondent no. 2, and a typed copy of the application is annexed as Annexure-4 to the writ petition. 5. In view of the aforesaid scheme launched by the Government, the petitioner is entitled to get Rs. 1 lakh for the marriage of his daughter. To cut short the controversy, it is provided that the petitioner shall make an offline application to respondent no. 2 within a period of ten days from today, and if such an application is moved by the petitioner to respondent no. 2, respondent no. 2 shall decide the said application after verifying whether the petitioner is legally entitled to get the aforesaid amount of Rs. 1 lakh towards the marriage of her daughter, expeditiously within a period of not less than three months. 2026:UHC:1810 3 6. With the aforesaid observations, the present writ petition stands disposed of accordingly. 7. Pending application, if any, stands disposed of. (Pankaj Purohit, J.) 17.03.2026 AK