HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND AT NAINITAL Writ Petition No. 141 of 2009 (PIL) Rakesh Kumar Verma, Advocate ……..Petitioner Versus S tate of Uttarakhand & others …….Respondents Mr. Ajay Veer Pundir, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. H.M. Raturi, Standing Counsel for the State/respondent nos.1 to 3. Dated: January 4, 2011 Coram: Hon’ble Barin Ghosh, C.J. Hon’ble V.K. Bist, J. Barin Ghosh,C.J. (Oral) In a village situated in the District of Haridwar, S.S.P. Haridwar and S.H.O., Police Station Pathari, District Haridwar allegedly beaten up villagers indiscriminately without any provocation. The present writ petition seeks to redress the same. In the event, any villager was, thus beaten up, his rights protected by the law of the land were interfered with. Each villager, thus, became entitled to take recourse to law to redress the same. It has not come on record that the villagers or any of them was prevented by anyone to redress their grievances pertaining to the matter highlighted in the writ petition. Looked from that angle, the present writ petition, on behalf of those, by a person who was not thus treated, is not maintainable. We, accordingly, dispose of this writ petition preserving the right of all such villagers, whose legal rights were allegedly interfered with by the S.S.P & S.H.O. referred above, to take such recourse to law, as they may be advised. (V.K. Bist, J.) (Barin Ghosh, C.J.) 04.01.2011 NCM: