IN THE HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND AT NAINITAL Special Appeal No. 148 of 2007 Govind Singh & Others .……… Appellants Versus State of Uttarakhand & Others .………. Respondents Present: Mr. B.D. Pande , Advocate for the appellants. Mr. H.M. Raturi Advocate for the respondents. Date of decision: 09-02-2010 JUDGMENT Coram: Hon’ble J.S. Khehar, C.J. Hon’ble Sudhanshu Dhulia, J. J.S. KHEHAR, C. J. (Oral) Learned counsel for the parties are agreed that on an identical controversy, as has been raised in the instant special appeal earlier disposed of in the case of State of Uttaranchal & Others vs. Pushkar Bhatt & Others (SA No. 66 of 2005) decided on 04.03.2006, a petition for special leave to appeal (civil) bearing No. 17536 of 2006 is pending consideration before the Supreme Court. It is also pointed out, that a large bunch of connected petitions for special appeal are also listed for hearing alongwith the petition for special leave to appeal bearing No. 17536 of 2006 in respect of the same controversy. As such, learned counsel for rival parties are agreed that the instant special appeal be disposed of, so as to follow the order passed in the pending petitions for special leave to appeal, referred to hereinabove, with the direction that the appellants herein shall be entitled to the same relief as is allowed by the Apex Court in the aforesaid petitions. In view of the joint request made by the learned counsel for the rival parties, the instant special appeal is disposed of in the terms suggested by learned counsel. (Sudhanshu Dhulia, J.) (J.S. Khehar, C. J.) 09.02.2010 09.02.2010 Amit