IN THE HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND AT NAINITAL Writ Petition (M/S) No. 904 of 2010 Bachan son of Shri Shiv Das and another. … Petitioners. Versus 1. State of Uttarakhand through its Principal Secretary, Uttarakhand, Dehradun. 2. Industrial Development Department, Government of Uttarakhand through its Principal Secretary. 3. District Magistrate Udham Singh Nagar. … Respondents. Mr. M.S.Pal, Senior Advocate, with Mr. Deepak S. Bisht, Advocate, learned counsel for the petitioners. Mr. K.P.Upadhyay, learned Additional C.S.C. for the respondents. Date June 10, 2010. Hon’ble B.S.Verma, J. By means of this writ petition, the petitioners have sought a writ in the nature of mandamus commanding the respondent no. 3 to decide the representation/application dated 7-5- 2010 of the petitioners for installation of stone crusher on their own land. According to the petitioners, they have proposed to establish a joint stone crusher in village Bhikhampuri, Bannakheda, Bazpur, district Udham Singh Nagar in the name and style of Bannakheda Stone Crusher and petitioner no. 1 offered his land of Khata No. 87, situated in village Bhikampuri, Tehsil Bazpur measuring 1.4530 hectare. The petitioners made an application to respondent no. 2 but no action was taken thereon by the autority concerned. Ultimately, the petitioners made a representation on 7- 5-2010 to the respondent no.2 and 3, which is still pending decision. In the course of arguments, learned counsel for the petitioners have urged that a direction may be issued to the respondent no.3-District Magistrate, Udham Singh Nagar to take a 2 decision on the representation of the petitioners within a time bound period and the petition may be disposed of today. The respondent no. 3 is directed to take a decision on the application/representation dated 7-5-2010 made by the petitioners (Annexure-4 to the petition) in accordance with law within a period of eight weeks from the date of production of certified copy of this order. With the above direction, the writ petition is disposed of finally. ( B.S.Verma, J.) RCP