Karnail Singh v. District Magistrate and another

Mr. Harshpal Sekhon, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. N.S. Pundir, D.A.G. for the State. And Writ Petition (M/S) No.3636 of 2025 Kulvinder Singh and others ...Petitioners Versus State of Uttarakhand and others ….Respondents Present: Mr. Atul Kumar Bansal, Advocate for the petitioners. Mr. N.S. Pundir, D.A.G. for the State. And 2 Writ Petition (M/S) No.3637 of 2025 Sukhvindar Kaur and another ...Petitioners Versus State of Uttarakhand and others ….Respondents Present: Mr. Atul Kumar Bansal, Advocate for the petitioners. Mr. N.S. Pundir, D.A.G. for the State. And Writ Petition (M/S) No.3638 of 2025 Nishan Singh and others ...Petitioners Versus State of Uttarakhand and others ….Respondents Present: Mr. Atul Kumar Bansal, Advocate for the petitioners. Mr. N.S. Pundir, D.A.G. for the State. And Writ Petition (M/S) No.3639 of 2025 Paramjeet Singh ...Petitioner Versus State of Uttarakhand and others ….Respondents Present: Mr. Atul Kumar Bansal, Advocate for the petitioners. Mr. N.S. Pundir, D.A.G. for the State. And Writ Petition (M/S) No.3640 of 2025 Manjeet Singh ...Petitioner Versus District Magistrate and others ….Respondents Present: Mr. Harshpal Sekhon, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. N.S. Pundir, D.A.G. for the State. And 3 Writ Petition (M/S) No.3641 of 2025 Amar Singh ...Petitioner Versus District Magistrate and another ….Respondents Present: Mr. Harshpal Sekhon, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. N.S. Pundir, D.A.G. for the State. And Writ Petition (M/S) No.3644 of 2025 Karanpal Singh and another ...Petitioners Versus State of Uttarakhand and others ….Respondents Present: Mr. Atul Kumar Bansal, Advocate for the petitioners. Mr. N.S. Pundir, D.A.G. for the State. And Writ Petition (M/S) No.3645 of 2025 Bhoori and others ...Petitioners Versus State of Uttarakhand and others ….Respondents Present: Mr. Atul Kumar Bansal, Advocate for the petitioners. Mr. N.S. Pundir, D.A.G. for the State. And Writ Petition (M/S) No.3646 of 2025 Gurmeet Kaur ...Petitioner Versus State of Uttarakhand and others ….Respondents Present: Mr. Atul Kumar Bansal, Advocate for the petitioners. Mr. N.S. Pundir, D.A.G. for the State. And 4 Writ Petition (M/S) No.3647 of 2025 Jagdish Singh and others ...Petitioners Versus State of Uttarakhand and others ….Respondents Present: Mr. Atul Kumar Bansal, Advocate for the petitioners. Mr. N.S. Pundir, D.A.G. for the State. And Writ Petition (M/S) No.3649 of 2025 Satnam Singh and another ...Petitioners Versus State of Uttarakhand and others ….Respondents Present: Mr. Atul Kumar Bansal, Advocate for the petitioners. Mr. N.S. Pundir, D.A.G. for the State. And Writ Petition (M/S) No.3650 of 2025 Charan Singh ...Petitioner Versus District Magistrate and another ….Respondents Present: Mr. Harshpal Sekhon, Advocate for the petitioners. Mr. N.S. Pundir, D.A.G. for the State. And Writ Petition (M/S) No.3651 of 2025 Chandrapal Singh ...Petitioner Versus District Magistrate and another ….Respondents Present: Mr. Harshpal Sekhon, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. N.S. Pundir, D.A.G. for the State. And 5 Writ Petition (M/S) No.3652 of 2025 Amrik Singh ...Petitioner Versus District Magistrate and another ….Respondents Present: Mr. Harshpal Sekhon, Advocate for the petitioners. Mr. N.S. Pundir, D.A.G. for the State. And Writ Petition (M/S) No.3654 of 2025 Pratap Singh ...Petitioner Versus District Magistrate and another ….Respondents Present: Mr. Harshpal Sekhon, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. N.S. Pundir, D.A.G. for the State. And Writ Petition (M/S) No.3656 of 2025 Chandra Sain ...Petitioner Versus District Magistrate and another ….Respondents Present: Mr. Harshpal Sekhon, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. N.S. Pundir, D.A.G. for the State. And Writ Petition (M/S) No.3657 of 2025 Balveer Kaur ...Petitioner Versus District Magistrate and another ….Respondents Present: Mr. Harshpal Sekhon, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. N.S. Pundir, D.A.G. for the State. And Writ Petition (M/S) No.3658 of 2025 6 Sukhvinder Singh ...Petitioner Versus District Magistrate and another ….Respondents Present: Mr. Harshpal Sekhon, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. N.S. Pundir, D.A.G. for the State. And Writ Petition (M/S) No.3659 of 2025 Jogendra Singh and others ....Petitioners Versus State of Uttarakhand and others ….Respondents Present: Mr. Harshpal Sekhon, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. N.S. Pundir, D.A.G. for the State. And Writ Petition (M/S) No.3660 of 2025 Balveer Kaur and another ...Petitioners Versus State of Uttarakhand and others ….Respondents Present: Mr. Atul Kumar Bansal, Advocate for the petitioners. Mr. N.S. Pundir, D.A.G. for the State. And Writ Petition (M/S) No.3663 of 2025 Harvinder Singh and another ...Petitioners Versus State of Uttarakhand and others ….Respondents Present: Mr. Atul Kumar Bansal, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. N.S. Pundir, D.A.G. for the State. And Writ Petition (M/S) No.3664 of 2025 Preetam Singh and another ...Petitioners 7 Versus State of Uttarakhand and others ….Respondents Present: Mr. Atul Kumar Bansal, Advocate for the petitioners. Mr. N.S. Pundir, D.A.G. for the State. And Writ Petition (M/S) No.3665 of 2025 Sahabjot Singh and another ...Petitioners Versus State of Uttarakhand and others ….Respondents Present: Mr. Atul Kumar Bansal, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. N.S. Pundir, D.A.G. for the State. And Writ Petition (M/S) No.3666 of 2025 Balvindar Singh ...Petitioner Versus District Magistrate and another ….Respondents Present: Mr. Harshpal Sekhon, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. N.S. Pundir, D.A.G. for the State. Hon’ble Ravindra Maithani, J.(Oral) Since common question of law and facts are involved in all these petitions, they are heard together and decided by this common judgment.

2. The petitioners seek direction to the respondents to get their names mutated over the ceiling land.

3. Heard learned counsel for the parties and perused the record. 8

4. Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that identical controversy has already been decided by this Court on 16.12.2025, in WPMS No. 3367 of 2025, Anup Singh Vs. State of Uttarakhand and others and connected petitions and the petitioners in those petitions have been directed to make separate application to the District Magistrate, Udham Singh Nagar.

6. Learned counsel for the respondents admits this fact. Since the identical issue has already been decided by this Court on 16.12.2025 in the case of Anup Singh (supra), all these petitions are decided in terms of judgment dated 16.12.2025 passed in the case of Anup Singh (supra).

7. Accordingly, the petitioners are given liberty to make separate application(s) to District Magistrate, Udham Singh Nagar, for correcting of the provision invoked for allotting land to them. If such representation(s) is made within two weeks from today, District Magistrate shall examine the matter and pass appropriate order, within eight weeks thereafter. Stake holders, if any, shall also be heard while taking any decision in the matters. Jitendra (Ravindra Maithani, J.)

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