2026:UHC:4905 SL. No. Date Office Notes, reports, orders or proceedings or directions and Registrar’s order with Signatures COURT’S OR JUDGE’S ORDERS WPMS/3580/2018 Hon’ble Manoj Kumar Tiwari, J. There is no representation for the petitioner. 2. Mr. Devendra Pant, Standing Counsel for the State of Uttarakhand. 3. By means of this writ petition, petitioner has sought the following reliefs:- “i. A writ, order or direction in nature of Mandamus commanding the respondent no. 1 and 2 to decide the representation of the petitioner dated 26.08.2016. ii. A writ, order or direction in nature of Manamus commanding the respondent no. 1 and 2 to implement the order dated 27-08-2016 and order dated 28-10-2016 and order dated 28-04-2018 and order dated 10-03-2015 passed by the S.O.C. (Settlement Officer Consolidation, Roorkee, District Haridwar, State Uttarakhand).” 4. Learned State Counsel refers to para 5 of the short counter affidavit filed by Mr. Diwan Singh Negi, Settlement Officer, Consolidation, Roorkee, District Haridwar, where it is stated that on the request made by petitioner for measurement and demarcation of chaks, respondent no. 2 constituted a joint team comprising Chakbandi Officer, Assistant Chakbandi Officer, Chakbandikarta, Chakbandi Lekhpal etc., who after elaborate survey and inspection presented their report dated 01.03.2018. It is further mentioned that declaration under Section 52 of Consolidation of Holdings Act, 1953 was 2026:UHC:4905 published on 02.09.2016 and thereafter the consolidation operation has come to an end and the concerned officers of the Consolidation Department have become functus officio. 5. This Court finds substance in the stand taken in the short counter affidavit. After closure of consolidation proceedings and issuance of notification under Section 52 of the Act, Consolidation Authorities do not have any authority to pass any order in the matter. 6. The writ petition is, therefore, disposed of with liberty to petitioner to approach the District Magistrate, if he has any pending grievance. If petitioner makes representation, decision thereupon shall be taken, as per law, within ten weeks. (Manoj Kumar Tiwari, J.) 16.06.2026 Navin NAVEEN CHANDRA Digitally signed by NAVEEN CHANDRA DN: c=IN, o=HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND, ou=HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND, 2.5.4.20=3be23325146e76a0642bdf4943fb9046f487df006da82a131bb 4e4403d3c0a15, postalCode=263001, st=UTTARAKHAND, serialNumber=18167EEFB5CA8CFFD421A103819DA875643AF56D653 D095C6ED9A86DAAB21CE5, cn=NAVEEN CHANDRA Date: 2026.06.17 10:01:49 +05'30'