2026:UHC:3789-DB HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND AT NAINITAL THE HON’BLE CHIEF JUSTICE SHRI MANOJ KUMAR GUPTA AND THE HON’BLE JUSTICE SHRI SUBHASH UPADHYAY 18th May, 2026 Writ Petition (PIL) No. 69 of 2026 Ashok Kumar ------Petitioner Versus State of Uttarakhand and others -----Respondents ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Presence:- Mr. Sanjay Kumar Chandel, learned counsel for the petitioner. Mr. Amrendra Pratap Singh, learned Additional Advocate General, assisted by Mr. J.C.Pande, learned Standing Counsel for the State. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ JUDGMENT: (per Manoj Kumar Gupta, C.J.) 1. The present PIL has been filed ostensibly in Public Interest alleging that the Government has settled surplus ceiling land in favour of different persons, although they are stated to be ineligible for allotment. 2. As under provisions of U.P.Z.A. and L.R. Act, there is specific remedy provided for seeking cancellation of patta granted to any ineligible person, and putting Gaon Sabha back in possession of such land, we are not inclined to examine the issue in the present PIL, particularly when the alloottees are also not party before us. 1 2026:UHC:3789-DB 3. The writ petition is disposed of with liberty to the petitioner to bring the said facts to the notice of the concerned authority by moving appropriate application and it goes without saying that the authorities would proceed strictly in accordance with law. (MANOJ KUMAR GUPTA, C.J.) (SUBHASH UPADHYAY, J.) Dated: 18.05.2026 Kaushal 2