Sukhvindar Kaur and others v. State of Uttarakhand and others

Mr. Harshpal Sekhon, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. N.S. Pundir, D.A.G. for the State. And Writ Petition (M/S) No.3688 of 2025 Hayat Singh ............Petitioner Versus District Magistrate, Udham Singh Nagar and another .….Respondents Present: Mr. Harshpal Sekhon, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. N.S. Pundir, D.A.G. for the State. 2 Writ Petition (M/S) No.3689 of 2025 Pratap Singh Panwar ...Petitioner Versus District Magistrate, Udham Singh Nagar 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.3692 of 2025 Ram Singh ..........Petitioner Versus District Magistrate, Udham Singh Nagar 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.3693 of 2025 Rakesh Singh ...........Petitioner Versus District Magistrate, Udham Singh Nagar 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.3694 of 2025 Smt. Bhagwati Devi ...........Petitioner District Magistrate, Udham Singh Nagar and another .….Respondents Versus Present: Mr. Harshpal Sekhon, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. N.S. Pundir, D.A.G. for the State. And Writ Petition (M/S) No.3697 of 2025 Bhupendra Singh .............Petitioner Versus District Magistrate and another ......….Respondents 3 Present: Mr. Harshpal Sekhon, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. N.S. Pundir, D.A.G. for the State. And Writ Petition (M/S) No.3698 of 2025 Shiv Singh ................Petitioner Versus District Magistrate, Udham Singh Nagar 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.3699 of 2025 Khim Singh ...........Petitioner Versus District Magistrate, Udham Singh Nagar 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.3700 of 2025 Gajram Singh ............Petitioner Versus District Magistrate, Udham Singh Nagar 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.3701 of 2025 Bhopal Singh ...........Petitioner Versus District Magistrate, Udham Singh Nagar and another .….Respondents Present: Mr. Harshpal Sekhon, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. N.S. Pundir, D.A.G. for the State. 4 And Writ Petition (M/S) No.3703 of 2025 Babu Ram ..........Petitioner Versus District Magistrate, Udham Singh Nagar 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.3704 of 2025 Kuldeep Singh .........Petitioner Versus District Magistrate, Udham Singh Nagar 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.3705 of 2025 Kirti Singh ...........Petitioner Versus District Magistrate, Udham Singh Nagar 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.3706 of 2025 Ram Prasad ........Petitioner Versus District Magistrate, Udham Singh Nagar and another .….Respondents Present: Mr. Harshpal Sekhon, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. N.S. Pundir, D.A.G. for the State. 5 And Writ Petition (M/S) No.3707 of 2025 Baldev Singh ...........Petitioner Versus District Magistrate, Udham Singh Nagar 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.3708 of 2025 Hardeep Singh ..........Petitioner Versus District Magistrate, Udham Singh Nagar 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.3709 of 2025 Smt. Rama Devi ............Petitioner Versus District Magistrate, Udham Singh Nagar 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.3710 of 2025 Mahaveer ............Petitioner Versus District Magistrate, Udham Singh Nagar and another .….Respondents Present: Mr. Harshpal Sekhon, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. N.S. Pundir, D.A.G. for the State. 6 And Writ Petition (M/S) No.3711 of 2025 Veerpal Singh ............Petitioner Versus District Magistrate, Udham Singh Nagar 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.3712 of 2025 Tarsem Singh ...........Petitioner Versus District Magistrate, Udham Singh Nagar 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.3713 of 2025 Smt. Prema Devi alias Prem Devi .........Petitioner Versus District Magistrate, Udham Singh Nagar 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.3714 of 2025 Manjeet Singh Rawat ............Petitioner Versus District Magistrate, Udham Singh Nagar and another .….Respondents Present: Mr. Harshpal Sekhon, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. N.S. Pundir, D.A.G. for the State. 7 And Writ Petition (M/S) No.3725 of 2025 Baljit Singh ...........Petitioner District Magistrate, Udham Singh Nagar and another .….Respondents Versus 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.

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 8 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. Avneet/ (Ravindra Maithani, J.)

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