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2026 DAILYLAW 7106 (UTT)

KUNTA v. STATE OF UTTARAKHAND

WPPIL/114/2025 · 2026-06-17

Shri Manoj Kumar Gupta, Subhash Upadhyay

Public Interest Litigationbody2026

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SL. No Date Office Notes, reports, orders or proceedings or directions and Registrar’s order with Signatures 2026:UHC:4950-DB COURT’S OR JUDGES’S ORDERS 17.06.2026 WPPIL No. 114 of 2025 Kunta .....Petitioner Vs. State of Uttarakhand & others ....Respondents Hon’ble Manoj Kumar Gupta, C.J. Hon’ble Subhash Upadhyay, J. 1. Mr. Saurabh Pandey, learned counsel for the petitioner. 2. Mr. B.S. Parihar, learned Additional Chief Standing Counsel with Mr. M.S. Bisht, learned Brief Holder for the State. 3. The present writ petition has been filed in public interest seeking a writ of mandamus directing the respondents to remove encroachment from Khasra No.186, 204, 205 in Village Shikhkar, Pargana Mangalore, Tehsil Roorkee, District Haridwar. 4. Learned State Counsel has placed on record the instructions received from Tehsildar, Roorkee, according to which, certain temporary encroachments made by private persons over the afore-said land have already been removed. It is also stated that on 01.07.2025, the Revenue Authorities have carried out fresh measurements and found Rakampal, Padam Singh and Rajesh, having encroached upon some part of the land by making pucca houses. It is also stated that proceedings for their ejectment from the said land under Section 122-B of the U.P. ZA and LR Act have already been initiated. 5. As the respondents have already set in motion legal proceedings against the encroachers, therefore, no further direction is required to be issued except for the observation that the proceedings already undertaken be taken to their logical conclusion expeditiously. 6. In view of the above, the writ petition is disposed of accordingly. 7. Pending application, if any, also stands disposed of. (Subhash Upadhyay, J.) (Manoj Kumar Gupta, C.J.) 17.06.2026 17.06.2026 NISHANT NISHANT KUMAR Digitally signed by NISHANT KUMAR DN: c=IN, o=HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND, ou=HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND, 2.5.4.20=ad3fcb5ca64340f5dd0a4c574afa0fd63133605ca57cdc00ec2b7462 b452b326, postalCode=263001, st=UTTARAKHAND, serialNumber=7E81318F3B1BE7EAAC9370185F7C9C20892BC63A055CFD1 961690560487E670C, cn=NISHANT KUMAR Date: 2026.06.18 19:21:03 +05'30'