HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND AT NAINITAL Writ Petition (M/S) No. 2364 of 2015 Heera Singh Pangtey and others ..…Petitioners Versus State of Uttarakhand and others .… Respondents Present :-

Mr. T.A. Khan, Senior Advocate, assisted by Mr. Ravi Shankar Kandpal, Advocate, for the petitioners.

Mr. V.D. Bisen, Brief Holder, for the State of Uttarakhand.

Mr. Rakesh Thapliyal, Assistant Solicitor General, assisted by Mr. Pankaj Chaturvedi and Mr. Lalit Sharma, Standing Counsel, for the Union of India.

Date of Reserved : 05.10.2021 Date of Judgment : 04.03.2022

JUDGEMENT

Hon’ble Sharad Kumar Sharma, J.

Floreat Alma Mater, our Great Nation India.

2. The aforesaid reference has a relevance in the context of the issue involved, and the relevance of a Country for each and every citizen, who resides in it. The reference of the term “Alma Mater” in its literal and contextual meaning would mean a “generous Mother” and that is why our Country is the only country in the World, which is referred as to be the “Motherland”. If the two references of the word “Alma Mater” is preceded with the word used as “floreat”, that too has a reference denoting to the flourishment of the country and to its long life, which wo