IN THE HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND AT NAINITAL Stay Application No.4288 of 2010 In Writ Petition No. 873 of 2010 (M/S) Bal Kishan. ……Petitioner. Versus State of Uttarakhand and others. ….Respondents. Mr. Ramji Srivastava, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. K.P. Upadhyay, Addl.C.S.C. for the State-respondent Nos. 1 to 5. Mr. B.M. Pingal, Advocate for the respondent No.7. Dated: -11-06-2010 Hon’ble B.S.Verma, J. Heard learned counsel for the parties and perused the record. By means of this writ petition, the petitioner has sought following reliefs:- (i) Issue a writ, order or direction in the nature of certiorari calling for the records and quashing the impugned order dated 11-3-2010 (Annexure No. 4 to the writ petition) passed b the District Magistrate (respondent No.2) as well as the proposal of the alleged meeting dated 16-12-2008 of Gram Panchayat (Annexure No. 1 to the writ petition). (ii) Issue a writ, order or direction in the nature of mandamus commanding the respondents for convening a fresh meeting in accordance with the rules. (iii) Pass any other and further order, which this Hon’ble Court may deem fit and proper in the facts and circumstances of the case. (iv) Award the cost of writ petition to the petitioner. 2 During the course of argument, the learned counsel for the petitioner has submitted that the representation is pending before respondent No. 3 i.e. District Magistrate, Dehradun, District Dehradun for disposal but no decision has been taken by the respondent No. 3 till today. Learned counsel for the respondents has submitted that if the order is passed to decide the representation, he has no objection. The prayer made by the petitioner is innocuous in nature. The respondent No.3 i.e. District Magistrate, Dehradun, District Dehradun, is directed to pass appropriate and speaking order on the representation of the petitioner dated 12-04-2010 annexed as annexure No.6 to the writ petition, expeditiously preferably within a period of four weeks from the date of production of certified copy of this order after hearing both the parties. With the said direction, the writ petition is disposed of accordingly. All pending applications stands disposed of accordingly. (B.S.Verma, J.) 11-06-2010 MK