I N THE HI GH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND AT NAI NI TAL THE HON’BLE CHI EF JUSTI CE MR. MANOJ KUMAR GUPTA AND THE HON’BLE JUSTI CE MR. SUBHASH UPADHYAY Writ Petition (M/B) No.119 of 2026

25 February, 2026 M/s Sarthi Construction and Infra Private Limited and Another -----Petitioners Versus State of Uttarakhand and Others ----Respondents ----------------------------------------------------------------------

Presence:-

Mr. D.S. Patni, learned Senior Counsel assisted by Mr. Dharmendra Barthwal, learned counsel for the petitioners.

Mr. Yogesh Chandra Tiwari, learned Standing Counsel for the State of Uttarakhand/ respondent no.1.

Mr. Aditya Pratap Singh, learned counsel for Uttarakhand Pollution Control Board/ respondent no.2.

Mr. Manoj Kumar, learned Standing Counsel for the Union of India/

respondent no.3.

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JUDGMENT : (per Mr. Manoj Kumar Gupta C. J.

1. Petitioner no.1 is a private limited company and petitioner no.2 is Director of the petitioner company. The petitioner company along with another company M/s VRS Infra Pvt. Ltd. has formed a joint venture in the name and style of ‘M/s Sarthi Construction and Infra Private Limited – M