IN THE HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND AT NAINITAL Writ Petition No. 2524 of 2007(M/S) Heera Singh Son of Sri Diwan Singh, Resident of Village Najibabad, Tehsil Kichha, District Udham Singh Nagar, State of Uttarakhand. ......... Petitioner. Versus 1. State of Uttarakhand, through Collector, Udham Singh Nagar. 2. District Panchayat Raj Officer, Udham Singh Nagar. 3. Electoral Registration Officer, District Udham Singh Nagar at Rudrapur. 4. Block Development Officer, Rudrapur, District Udham Singh Nagar. 5. Divisional Forest Officer, East Tarai Van Prabhag, at Haldwani, District Nainital. ........... Respondents. Sri Vijay Bhatt & Sri Devendra Pant, learned counsel for the petitioner. Sri K.P. Upadhyay, Learned Addl. C.S.C. for the respondents – State. Date December 20, 2007. Hon’ble B.S. Verma, J. This writ petition has been filed for issue a writ, order or direction or a writ in the nature of certiorari calling the records of the case and quashing the Electoral Roll consisting names of encroachers to that extent. Prayer for writ of mandamus of this Court Commanding the respondents to decide the representations of the petitioner (Annexure No. 4) has also been made. According to the petitioner, he is member of Gram Panchayat Najibabad, Vikas Khand Rudrapur. In the year 2003, names of more than hundred families who were encroachers on the adjoining forest land to the Gram Panchayat were included in the Electoral Roll of the said Gram Panchayat. Objections were raised by several persons including the petitioner but to no avail. The grievance of the petitioner is that the names of encroachers who were not members of the Gram Panchayat were illegally and erroneously included in the Electoral Roll of the year 2003 against which the petitioner has filed objection/representation, which is still pending. A copy of the representation has been annexed as Annexure No. 4 to the writ petition. In the course of arguments, learned counsel for the petitioner has submitted that the ends of justice would be subserved if the District Magistrate, Udham Singh Nagar is directed to decide the representation of the petitioner expeditiously. Prayer is innocuous. Accordingly, the District Magistrate/Collector Udham Singh Nagar is directed to decide the representation of the petitioner (Annexure No. 4 to the writ petition) expeditiously, as far as possible. With the above direction, the writ petition is disposed of finally. All applications stand disposed of. (B.S. Verma, J.) RCP Hon’ble B.S. Verma, J. (Delay Condonation Appl. No. 981 of 2008 Review Application No. 188 of 2008) List Revised. None responds on behalf of review applicant though called twice. Sri Devendra Pant, counsel for petition is present. Review application id dismissed for want of prosecution. (B.S. Verma, J.) 07.12.2008 RCP