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2026:UHC:5662 SL. No. Date Office Notes, reports, orders or proceedings or directions and Registrar’s
order with Signatures COURT’S OR JUDGE’S ORDERS
WPMS/2057/2026
Prakash Chander Tiwari --Petitioner Versus State of Uttarakhand and others --Respondents
Hon’ble Manoj Kumar Tiwari, J. Mr. Deepak Petshali, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. Ghanshyam Joshi, Additional CSC with Mr. Suyash Pant, Standing Counsel for the State.
2. According to petitioner, his land was acquired for widening of roads, which is commonly known as “Char Dham Road Project”. According to him, neither the amount determined as compensation has been paid to him nor any offer has been made to rehabilitate him.
3. Reliefs sought by petitioners in this petition are as follow:
“I) Issue a writ, order or direction in the nature of mandamus commanding the respondents to properly consider and grant rehabilitation and resettlement benefits to the petitioner in accordance with the RFCTLARR Act, 2013
II) Issue a writ, order or direction in the nature of mandamus to restraining the
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2026:UHC:5662 respondents from taking any coercive action, dispossessing the petitioner or causing further demolition till final adjudication of the petitioner’s rehabilitation claim. III) Issue a writ
order or direction commanding the respondents to decide the petitioner’s pending proceedings under Section 64 of the RFCTLARR Act, 2013 by a reasoned and speaking order within a time bound period (annexure no. 2) Pg. No. 15- 22.”
4. Learned State Counsel submits that if petitioner makes representation to the District Magistrate, the same shall be considered, as per law, at the earliest.
5. The writ petition is, accordingly,
disposed of with liberty to petitioner to make representation. If he makes representation within two weeks from today, decision thereupon shall be taken by District Magistrate concerned, as per law, within three months thereafter.
(Manoj Kumar Tiwari, J.) 10.07.2026 Mahinder/