UKHC010115472026 2026:UHC:5473-DB 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND AT NAINITAL HON’BLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE SRI MANOJ KUMAR GUPTA AND HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE SUBHASH UPADHYAY 07th July, 2026 WRIT PETITION (M/B) NO. 557 OF 2026 Mathura Datt Pandey and sons ….Petitioner Versus State of Uttarakhand and others. …Respondents Counsel for the petitioner : Sri Sanjay Bhatt, learned counsel. Counsel for the respondents : Sri J.C. Pande, learned Standing Counsel for the State of Uttarakhand. Sri S.S. Chauhan, learned counsel for respondent Nos. 2, 3 & 4. Sri Shobhit Saharia, learned counsel for the private respondents. ORDER : 1. After the matter was argued at great length by Sri Sanjay Bhatt, learned counsel for the petitioner, he prays for dismissal of the writ petition as not pressed. 2. Accordingly, the writ petition is dismissed as not pressed. 3. Pending application, if any, also stands dismissed accordingly. _____________________ MANOJ KUMAR GUPTA, C.J. ___________________ SUBHASH UPADHYAY, J. Dt: 07th July, 2026 Rathour PRAVINDRA SINGH RATHOUR Digitally signed by PRAVINDRA SINGH RATHOUR DN: c=IN, o=HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND, ou=HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND, 2.5.4.20=23699ccc2fd40ad81b6fd13323779d9e3aeb1097d17d bb53d481cabd25946eed, postalCode=263001, st=UTTARAKHAND, serialNumber=1F65499E931DF71CDAF92A40CC6179B8E01033 1BA695239171F906FD5C45C4E8, cn=PRAVINDRA SINGH RATHOUR Date: 2026.07.08 12:02:00 +05'30'