IN THE HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND AT NAINITAL Writ Petition No. 26 (MS) of 2010 Krishan Kumar Mehta and others …Petitioners Versus State of Uttarakhand and Anr. …Respondents Shri Lok Pal Singh, learned counsel for the petitioners. Shri K.P. Upadhyay, learned Addl. Chief Standing Counsel for the State. Dated: January 13, 2010 Hon’ble V.K. Bist, J. (Urgency Application No. 119 of 2010) Heard Shri Lok Pal Singh, learned counsel for the petitioners and Shri K.P. Upadhyay, learned Addl. Chief Standing Counsel for the State on urgency application. Urgency application is allowed. WPMS No. 26 of 2010. Heard learned counsel for the parties. Learned counsel for the petitioners submitted that the petitioners are owner of plot no. 1/1 in village Bhupathwala Kalan, district Haridwar. The property of the petitioners has not been acquired and the petitioners are in physical possession over the plot. Due to Kumbh Mela the respondents, without adopting the due process of law, are trying to evict the petitioners from their own land and are adamant to take illegal possession over petitioners’ property. He argued that the respondents cannot take possession over the property of the petitioners without adopting due process of law. He submitted that the petitioners have submitted a representation before the Mela Adhikari, Kumbh Mela, Haridwar (respondent no. 3) on 09.01.2010 (contained in 2 Annexure-9 to the writ petition) but no decision on the said representation has been taken by the respondents so far. During the course of the argument, the learned counsel for the petitioners prayed that respondent no. 3 be directed to decide the representation of the petitioners dated 09.01.2010 (contained in Annexure-9 to the writ petition). Mr. K.P. Upadhyay, learned Addl. Chief Standing Counsel does not have any objection to this prayer. Having heard learned counsel for the parties, it is directed that Mela Adhikari, Kumbh Mela, Haridwar (respondent no. 3) shall take a decision on the representation of the petitioners dated 09.01.2010 (contained in Annexure-9 to the writ petition) within a period of 15 days from the date of production of certified copy of the order. The parties are further directed to maintain status quo till 31st January 2010 or till disposal of the representation, whichever is earlier. With this direction the writ petition is finally disposed of. Let a certified copy of the order be supplied to the learned counsels for the petitioners within 24 hours’ on payment of usual charges. (V.K. Bist, J.) Vacation Judge VKG 13.01.2010