In the case of land allotted to the Jindal Group at Nainisar in the past, the High Court of Uttarakhand has directed the State Government to submit its reply in the court in one week. If the reply is not submitted within the said time period, the court has directed the Revenue secretary to appear in the court with all the relevant documents on January 9.
According to the case details, Almora residents Bishan Singh and PC Tiwari had filed a public interest litigation in November 2015 challenging the government’s order regarding allocation of 353 nali land to Himanshu Education Society of the Jindal Group in Ranikhet Tehsil earlier that year.
The high court expressed dissatisfaction at the state government not submitting this reply till date in this case. Directing the State Government to submit its reply within a week, the division bench of chief justice Ramesh Ranganathan and justice Alok Kumar Verma directed that if the reply is not submitted on time, the Revenue secretary should appear in court on January 9 with all relevant documents.It is pertinent to mention here that the petitioners have challenged the allocation of land to the group at Nainisar in Ranikhet that the government had not observed the legal provisions while allocating land worth crores of rupees to a private group. Alleging favouritism in the case, the petitioners have contended that the allocation of land was not legal.
