WPMS 1408/2001 (Old No.9393/1998) Hon’ble Tarun Agarwala, J. Mr. M.C. Pande, the learned counsel for the petitioner. Mr. R.C. Arya, the learned Brief Holder for the State. Mr. A.K. Sharma, the learned counsel for legal representatives of the deceased respondent no. 5. The learned counsel for the respondents states that the controversy involved in the present writ petition is covered by a decision of the Court dated 30th July, 2010, passed in Writ Petition No. 1195 of 2007 (M/S), titled as Jagat Prakash versus State of Uttarakhand and others. The said proposition has been, by and large, agreed by the learned counsel for the petitioner. In view of the aforesaid, the writ petition is allowed. The impugned orders dated 26.8.1996 and 31.1.1998 are quashed. The matter is remitted to the Prescribed Authority to decide the matter afresh after hearing all the parties concerned within six months from the date of production of a certified copy of this order. (Tarun Agarwala, J.) 30-08-2010 SP