IN THE HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND AT NAINITAL Writ Petition No. 1062 of 2008 (M/S) Smt. Swanra Devi Bhandari alias Swanri Devi Bhandari, W/O Sri Vikram Singh Bhandari, R/O Village Kandal Patti Dharmandal, Tehsil Pratap Nagar, District Tehri Garhwal, At R/O Village Kandal Gram Sabha Athurwala (displaced) area (Bhaniyawala) Post Koti Tehsil Rishikesh, District Dehradun, Uttarakhand. …… Petitioner. Versus Chairman/Chief Managing Director T.H.D.C. Ltd. New Tehri, District Tehri Garhwal and six others. … Respondents. Sri S.S.Negi, learned counsel for the petitioner. Sri U.K.Uniyal, Senior Advocate, with Sri Shobhit Saharia, learned counsel for the respondent No. 1 to 3. Sri K.P.Upadhyay, learned Additional C.S.C. for the respondent nos. 4-7. Date July 01, 2008. Hon’ble B.S.Verma, J. Sri S.S.Negi, learned counsel for the petitioner, Sri U.K.Uniyal, Senior Advocate, with Sri Shobhit Saharia, learned counsel for the respondent nos. 1 to 3 and Sri K.P.Upadhyay, learned Additional C.S.C. for the State- respondent nos. 4 to 7. This writ petition has been filed for the following reliefs:- i) Issue a writ, order or direction in the nature of mandamus commanding the respondents to allot 2 acres developed irrigated land for agriculture as well as residential plot to the petitioner for her residence who is eligible (Patra) displaced person of Village Kandal of Tehri Bandh Pariyojana New Tehri according to the Gramin Rehabilitation policy of the Central Govt. and U.P.Govt. joint venture dated 09-12-1998 in displaced area of district Dehradun which is Annexure No. 2 to the writ petition. ii) Issue a writ, order, direction in the nature of mandamus commanding the respondents no. 7 Collector/Disrtrict Magistrate District Tehri Garhwal, New Tehri to issue a patrata (eligibility) certificate to the petitioner of village Kandal Patti Dharmandal, Tehtri Pratap Nagar, District Tehri Garhwal whose village has been completely merged in the waters of Tehri Bandh Pariyojana treating her a displaced eligible (Patra) person of Tehri Bandh Pariyojana which is Annexure No. 2 to this writ petition. 2 iii) Issue a writ, order, direction in the nature of mandamus commanding the respondents no. 1 to 6 to allot the 2 acres of developed irrigated land with residential plot to the petitioner as already allotted to Mahendra Singh S/O Kalyan Singh of village Sanargaon and his 05 sons 1- Lakhi Singh S/O Mahendra Singh, 2- Kunwar Singh S/O Mahendra Singh, 3- Surendra Singh S/O Mahendra Singh, 4- Balbir Singh S/O Mahendra Singh, 5- Bharat Singh S/O Mahendra Singh and others which is Annexure No.6 to this writ petition. iv) Issue a suitable writ, order or direction which this Hon’ble Court may deem fit and proper in the circumstances of the case. v) Award the cost of present writ petition to the petitioner. During the course of arguments, learned counsel for the petitioner has confined his prayer only to the extent that a direction may be issued to the respondent no. 3 to decide the representation of the petitioner (Annexure No. 5 to the writ petition) within a time frame. In the facts and circumstances of the case, it is directed that the representation of the petitioner (Annexure No. 5 to the writ petition) shall be decided by the respondent no.3 expeditiously, preferably within a period of eight weeks from the date of production of certified copy of this order. With the above direction, the writ petition is disposed of finally. All pending applications stand disposed of. ( B.S.Verma, J. ) RCP 3 4