Approved For Reporting I N THE HI GH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND AT NAI NI TAL HON’BLE THE CHI EF JUSTI CE SRI MANOJ KUMAR GUPTA AND HON’BLE SRI JUSTI CE SUBHASH UPADHYAY DATED: 26.05.2026 WRI T PETI TI ON ( S/ B) No. 305 OF 2026 State of Uttarakhand and another …….Petitioners Versus Neeru Garg and another. …Respondents &

WRI T PETI TI ON ( S/ B) No. 306 OF 2026 State of Uttarakhand and another. …….Petitioners Versus Arun Mohan Joshi and another. …Respondents Counsel for the petitioners/State : Sri S.N. Babulkar, learned Advocate General for the State of Uttarakhand, Sri Sukumar Pattijohsi, Senior Advocate (through V.C.), , Sri Amrendra Pratap Singh, learned Additional Advocate General, Sri Anil Kaushik, learned Senior Counsel, Sri Kaushal Pati Gautam, learned AAG, Sri Rajeev Singh Bisht, learned Deputy Advocate General, Sri P.S. Bisht, Sri B.P.S. Mer and Sri Gajendra Tripathi, learned Standing Counsels, Ms. Vanshika Singh, Sri Mrinal Sharma, Sri Harsh Dahiya and Ms.

Snehpreet Kaur, Advocate.

Counsel for the respondents : Sri Kapil Sibbal, learned Senior Advocate assisted by Sri Nikhil Singhvi (through V.C.), Ms. Sumedha Ray Sarkar, Sri Vipul Sharma and Ms. Khushboo Tiwari Sharma, learned co