Reserved on :23.09.2025 Delivered on: 08.10.2025

HI GH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND AT NAI NI TAL

HON’BLE SRI JUSTI CE MANOJ KUMAR TI WARI

Writ Petition Misc. Single No. 2056 of 2023

Karnail Singh & others --Petitioners

Versus

State of Uttarakhand and others --Respondents -------------------------------------------------------------------

Presence:-

Mr. Siddhartha Singh, learned counsel for the petitioners.

Mr. Ganesh Dutt Kandpal, learned Deputy Advocate General for the

State of Uttarakhand.

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JUDGMENT

A Government Order was issued by the State

Government on 18.07.2016, declaring its policy for regularization of certain category of unauthorized occupation over public land, recorded in revenue records as Class-IV. It also provided for grant of

bhumidhari rights to eligible persons over such land.

2. Petitioners applied in terms of the Government Order for regularization of their unauthorized occupation over land comprised in Khasra No. 448/1/1 and Khasra No. 448/3, admeasuring 4.018 hectare, situate in Village Khairna, Tehsil Sitarganj, Nanakmatta, Udham Singh Nagar. The District Magistrate called a report from concerned Sub

Divisional Mag