IN THE HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND AT NAINITAL WPPIL No.139 of 2009 Laxman Singh Lamgaria …Petitioner Versus State and others …Respondents Hon’ble Tarun Agarwala, J. Hon’ble V.K. Bist, J. Heard Sri M.C. Pande, the learned counsel for the petitioner, Sri K.P. Upadhyay, the learned counsel for respondent nos. 1 to 4 and Sri Vijay Bhatt, the learned counsel for respondent no. 6. The petitioner, who professes to be a public spirited person and a social worker, has filed the present public interest litigation espousing the cause of marginal farmers, who have taken agricultural loan from the Pithoragarh District Cooperative Bank, Pithoragarh. The contention of the petitioner is, that the Reserve Bank of India issued an Agricultural Debt Waiver and Debt Relief Scheme, 2008, which provided that those farmers, whose loans were disbursed upto March 31, 2007 and became over due as on December 31, 2007 and remained unpaid till February 29, 2008, were entitled for waiver of their loan. It is alleged that other Banks have followed the said scheme and given the relief to the marginal farmers, but, in the instant case, the respondent Bank is not following the scheme of 2008. The respondent no. 5, i.e. the Bank, has filed a counter affidavit indicating therein that the scheme issued by the Reserve Bank of India is being implemented, and that the benefit of the said 2 scheme has been given to the marginal farmers, who are covered under the said scheme. The respondent Bank has further submitted that if for any reason, any person, who has not been given the benefit, even though he is covered, should approach the Bank with a representation, which would be considered appropriately. In the light of the aforesaid, we dispose of the writ petition directing the individual marginal and small farmers, who have taken a loan and who profess that they are covered under the scheme of 2008, shall make an appropriate representation for waiver of their loan. If such a representation is made, the respondent Bank will consider the representation and shall pass a detailed and reasoned order expeditiously. (V.K. Bist, J.) (Tarun Agarwala, J.) 29-09-2010 Salim/