WPMS No.1766 of 2007 With WPMS No.1627/2007 Hon’ble Rajiv Sharma, J. None for the petitioners. Mr. B.S. Parihar, Standing Counsel for the State. Mr. V.K. Kapurwan, Advocate, for the Uttaranchal Forest Development Corporation. Since the common questions of law and facts are involved, the present petitions have been taken up together and are decided by this common order. In view of the new mining policy enforced by the State, namely, Uttarakhand Up-Khanij (Parihar) (Sanshodhan) Niyamawali, 2015 which was notified on 7th August, 2015 vide Notification No.1207/VII- 1/24- Kha/2007, the present petitions have become infructuous. Accordingly, the present petitions are disposed of with the direction to the petitioners to submit application(s) seeking lease(s) under the Scheme of 2015, cited hereinabove. Pending applications stand disposed of. (Rajiv Sharma, J.) 05.03.2018 JKJ