HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND AT NAINITAL

Writ Petition (S/S) No. 1385 of 2018

Gopal Dutt Rikhadi

..…Petitioner.

Versus

Uttarakhand Forest Development Corporation

And others

.… Respondents

Present :

Mr Sandeep Tiwari, Advocate, for the petitioner.

Mrs. Seema Sah, Advocate, for the respondents.

JUDGEMENT

Hon’ble Sharad Kumar Sharma, J.

Brief facts of the case are, that in relation to a

certain set of allegations with regard to the misconduct in

performance of the work of cutting of trees, which was

assigned to the petitioner for lot No. 111/2010-11, there were

certain allegations against him with regard to the

performance of the work, as assigned to the petitioner way

back in 2010-11.

2.

It is contended that after the performance of the

work, the lot which was received on 7^th April, 2011, i.e. after

the closure of the financial year, whereby, the Sal Trees,

which were spread therein for over an area of 35 hectare,

numbering about 3404 trees, in the lot having a diameter of

2099 cubic meters. They were said to have been mis-utilized,

and due to which, an action was intended to be taken against

the petitioner by