HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND AT NAINITAL Writ Petition No. 1466 of 2025 (M/S)

Desh Raj Singh ….....Petitioner Versus Joint Secretary, District Level Development Authority and another .….Respondents Present:-

Mr. Aditya Singh, Advocate for the petitioner.

Mr. Sandeep Kothari, Advocate for the respondent no. 1.

Judgment

Hon’ble Ravindra Maithani, J. (Oral)

By means of the instant petition, the petitioner seeks the following reliefs :-

“(I) Issue a writ, order or direction, in the nature of certiorari quashing the impugned order dated 7.5.2025 passed by the court of learned Joint Secretary, District Level Development Authority, Zonal Office Haldwani, District Nainital in Case No. UCMS/NDA/C/0100/2025 being “State V/s Desh Raj Singh” (contained as Annexure no. 1 to the writ petition.)

(II) Issue a writ, order or direction, in the nature of mandamus commanding the respondent for de-sealing the property which had been sealed on 14.5.2025 in compliance of the impugned order dated 7.5.2025.

(III) Issue a writ, order or direction, which this Hon’ble Court may deem fit and proper under the circumstances of the case.

(IV) Award the cost of the petition.”

2. Heard learned counsel for the parties and peruse