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2. Mr. Suyash Pant , learned St anding Counsel for t he St at e of Ut t arakhand.

3. Pet it ioners have challenged not ice dat ed 20/ 21.05.2025 t hese writ pet it ions. The not ices were issued under Sect ion 27( 1) of The Ut t arakhand Urban and Count ry Planning & Developm ent Act , 1973, which reads as under: - such developm ent Lo c a l D e v e l o p m e n t A u t h o r i t y “ 2 7 . Or d e r o f d e m o l i t i o n o f b u i l d i n g .- ( 1) Wher e any developm ent has been com m enced or is being car ried on or has been com plet ed in cont ravent ion of t he Mast er Plan or wit hout t he perm ission appr oval or sanct ion refer red t o in Sect ion 14 or in cont ravent ion of any condit ions subj ect t o which such per m ission, approval or sanct ion has been grant ed, in relat ion t o t he developm ent area, t hen, wit hout pr ej udice t o t he provisions of Sect ion 26, t he [ V i ce Ch a i r m a n o f t h e co n ce r n e d / Pe r s o n ( s) o r Of f i ce r ( s) d e s i g n a t e d t o p e r f o r m t h e f u n ct i o n s u n d e r t h i s A ct , o f t h e Ur b a n Lo ca l Bo d i e s a n d V i l l a g e Pa n ch a y a t s d e c l a r e d a s Lo ca l D e v e l o p m e n t A u t h o r i t y / Lo c a l A u t h o r i t y u n d e r t h i s A ct ] or any officer of t he Aut horit y em power ed by him in t hat behalf m ay m ake an order direct ing t hat rem oved by dem olit ion, filling or ot herwise by t he owner t hereof or by t he per son at whose inst ance t he developm ent has been com m enced or is being carried out or has been com plet ed, wit hin such period not being less t han fift een days and m or e t han fort y days fr om t he dat e on which a copy of t he order of r em oval, wit h a brief t her efor e, has been st at em ent of deliver ed t o t he owner or t hat person as m ay be specified in t he order and on his failure t o com ply wit h t he order, t he [ Vi c e Ch a i r m a n o f t h e co n ce r n e d / Pe r so n ( s) o r Lo ca l D e v e l o p m e n t A u t h o r i t y Of f i ce r ( s ) d e si g n a t e d t o p e r f o r m t h e f u n ct i o n s u n d e r t h i s A ct , o f t h e Ur b a n Lo c a l Bo d i e s a n d Vi l l a g e Lo c a l D e v e l o p m e n t A u t h o r i t y / Lo c a l A u t h o r i t y u n d e r t h i s A ct ] or such officer m ay rem ove or cause t o be rem oved t he developm ent , and t he expenses of such Pa n c h a y a t s shall be d e cl a r e d reasons t he a s Lo c a l D e v e l o p m e n t A u t h o r i t y rem oval as cert ified by t he [ Vi ce Ch a i r m a n o f t h e / co n ce r n e d Pe r s o n ( s) o r Of f i ce r ( s) d e s i g n a t e d t o p e r f o r m t h e f u n ct i o n s u n d e r t h i s A ct , o f t h e Ur b a n Lo ca l Bo d i e s a n d V i l l a g e Pa n ch a y a t s d e c l a r e d a s Lo ca l D e v e l o p m e n t A u t h o r i t y / Lo c a l A u t h o r i t y u n d e r t h i s A ct ] or such officer shall be recoverable fr om t he owner of t he developm ent was com m enced or was being car r ied out or com plet ed as arr ear s of land revenue and no suit for r ecovery of such expenses: t he person at whose t he Civil Court inst ance Pr ovided t hat no such order shall be m ade unless t he owner or t he person concerned has been given a reasonable opport unit y t o show cause why t he order should not be m ade.” t heir say before

4. Since pet it ioners have a right t o t he concerned learned St at e Aut horit y, Counsel is right in subm it t ing t hat t he writ pet it ions are prem at ure. t herefore, The writ pet it ions are, accordingly, 5. disposed of wit h libert y t o pet it ioners t o respond t o t he not ice( s) , if already not responded, wit hin t en days from t oday. The Com pet ent Aut horit y shall pass necessary order, as per law, wit hin t wo weeks of receipt of reply subm it t ed by pet it ioners. ( M a n o j K u m a r Ti w a r i , J)

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