IN THE HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND AT NAINITAL Writ Petition No. 667 of 2008 (M/S) Smt. Beena Bisht, W/O Sri Vijendra Singh Bisht, R/O Mohalla Bareilly Road, Haldwani, District Nainital. …… Petitioner. Versus State of Uttarakhand through its Secretary, Housing Department, Dehradun District Dehradun and 5 others. … Respondents. Sri Rakesh Thapliyal, learned counsel for the petitioner. Sri K.P.Upadhyay, learned Addl. C.S.C. for the State-respondents. Date April 22, 2008. Hon’ble B.S.Verma, J. Heard Sri Rakesh Thapliyal, learned counsel for the petitioner and Sri K.P.Upadhyay, learned Additional Chief Standing Counsel for the State-respondents and perused the record. This writ petition has been filed for issue a writ, order or direction in the nature of certiorari quashing the decision/direction of the District Magistrate, Nainital as referred in the letter dated 10-4-2008. Prayer for writ of mandamus, directing the respondents particularly the District Magistrate to decide the application of the petitioner for free hold in a positive manner within a specified period after following the procedure and the guidelines issued by the G.O. dated 4-8-2005 and G.O. dated 18-3- 2008, has also been made. During the course of arguments, learned counsel for the petitioner confines his prayer for a direction to the Additional District Magistrate (Nazul) Nainital-respondent no.4 to decide the application of the petitioner and to take a decision thereon expeditiously within a time frame. Prayer is innocuous. 2 In the circumstances of the case, the respondent no.4 is directed to take a decision on the application of the petitioner for conversion of the Nazul land in freehold dated 13-6-2007 in accordance with law, which is pending for disposal, preferably within a period of eight weeks from the date of production of certified copy of this order. With the above observation, the writ petition is disposed of finally. All pending applications stand disposed of. ( B.S.Verma, J. ) RCP 3 4