HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND AT NAINITAL Writ Petition No.1258 of 2010 (M/S) Bahroj Alam .…Petitioner Versus District Magistrate Haridwar ...Respondents Mr. Manish Arora, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. Sudhir Kumar, Brief Holder for the State/respondent. Hon’ble V.K. Bist, J. Present writ petition has been filed by the petitioner for the following reliefs:- i. Issue a writ, order or direction in the nature of mandamus commanding the respondent to decide the case no.145 of 2010 State vs. Smt. Vinod Singh U/s 166, 167 of U.P.Z.L.R. Act Mauja Padli Gujjar, Pargana Roorkee, District Haridwar as expeditiously as possible. ii. Issue a writ, order or direction in the nature of mandamus commanding the respondent to decide the application dated 20.10.2009 expeditiously as possible. iii. A suitable writ, order or direction which this Hon’ble Court may deem fit and proper in the facts and circumstances of the present case. iv. Award the cost of the petition to the petitioner. Brief facts of the case, as stated in this petition, are that the petitioner is resident of village Padli Gujjar. In the year 1381 fasli the names of Rajdev and Mohd. Hasan were 2 deleted from old khasra no.239, 241, 1387, 1395 and 1399 and the name of Gram Samaj was entered. Thereafter, khasra no.239/1 and 239/2 were converted into khasra no.446 and 447. In 1399 fasli the names of Hargyan and Somu were entered in khasra no.446 and 447. After the death of Hargyan his legal heirs Balbir, Pratap, Vishamber and Somu, without taking any permission of the authorities concerned, executed a sale deed in favour of Vinod Singh and Km. Nishi Singh on 28.12.1991 and also in favour of Satish Bohra on 12.08.1992. On 20.10.2009 the petitioner moved an application before the Sub-Divisional Magistrate, Roorkee regarding khasra no.446 and 447. The Sub-Divisional Magistrate called the report from Tehsildar. After verifying the fact as mentioned in the application of the petitioner and on the basis of the report given by the Tehsildar, the Sub-Divisional Magistrate, Roorkee referred the matter to the District Magistrate on 12.11.2009. The case was registered as case no.145 of 2010 in the court of District Magistrate under Section 166, 167 of Uttar Pradesh Zamindari and Land Reforms, Act, 1950. Thereafter several dates were fixed in the matter but nothing has done till date. Learned counsel for the petitioner prayed that the respondent be directed to decide the case of the petitioner alongwith the application dated 20.10.2009 expeditiously. Learned Brief Holder also agreed for the same. Therefore, without entering into the merit of the case, the writ petition is disposed of with a direction to the 3 respondent to decide the case no.145 of 2010 expeditiously, preferably within a period of six months from the date of production of certified copy of the order. Interim relief application no.5957 of 2010 also stands disposed of. (V.K.Bist. J,) 23.07.2010 Arti 4