2026:UHC:2275-DB HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND AT NAINITAL THE HON’BLE CHIEF JUSTICE SHRI MANOJ KUMAR GUPTA AND THE HON’BLE JUSTICE SHRI SUBHASH UPADHYAY 31st March, 2026 Writ Petition (PIL) No. 01 of 2026 Rituraj ------Petitioner Versus State of Uttarakhand & Others -----Respondents ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Presence:- Shri Saurabh Kumar Pandey, learned counsel for the petitioner. Shri Rajeev Singh Bisht, learned Additional Chief Standing Counsel for the State. ORDER: 1. Heard. 2. In view of judgment of Hon’ble Supreme Court rendered in the case of “State of Uttaranchal v. Balwant Singh Chaufal and Others”, (2010) 3 SCC 402, present petition is dismissed with liberty to file a better one. 3. Pending application, if any, also stands disposed of. (MANOJ KUMAR GUPTA, C.J.) (SUBHASH UPADHYAY, J.) Dated:31.01.2026 Kaushal 1