2026:UHC:3328 SL. No. Date Office Notes, reports, orders or proceedings or directions and Registrar’s order with Signatures COURT’S OR JUDGE’S ORDERS WPMS No.1196 of 2026 Hon’ble Rakesh Thapliyal, J. Mr. Sagar Kumar, learned counsel holding the brief of Mr. Harendra Belwal, learned counsel for the petitioners. 2. Mr. Suyash Pant, learned Standing Counsel for the State/respondent nos.3 & 4. 3. By the instant petition, petitioners are praying for the following reliefs:- “(i) To issue a writ, order or direction in the nature of certiorari quashing the impugned Notices dated 10.04.2026 (Annexure No.3, Page No.17-25), issued by respondent no.2, addressed to petitioners, whereby the respondent University has directed to the petitioners to remove the encroachment. (ii) To pass a suitable writ, order or direction in the nature of mandamus directing the respondents to form the Committee as provided under order dated 26.12.2024, passed by this Hon’ble Court in WPPIL No.192 of 2024 and only thereafter proceed in accordance with law. (iii) To Award the cost of the writ petition to the petitioner.” 4. Mr. Pant, learned Standing Counsel raised a preliminary objection with regard to maintainability of the writ petition and submits that writ petition is not maintainable as the same has been preferred against the show cause notice whereby response has been asked for from the petitioners in order to ascertain whether they are encroachers over the land or not. 5. I found force on the submission of learned Standing Counsel and does not find any merit in this writ petition. Accordingly, the same is dismissed being devoid of merit. 6. It is made clear that if the petitioners submitted their response pursuant to the impugned notice before the authority concerned, the authority concerned shall deal with all the plea in their response and take a 2026:UHC:3328 decision, strictly, as per law and if it requires, authority shall also give personal hearing to the petitioners. 7. No order as to costs. (Rakesh Thapliyal, J.) 02.05.2026 AK