NAINITAL, India, May 11 -- Uttarakhand High Court issued the following judgment/order on April 9:

1. The present writ petition has been filed praying for quashing of the tender notice dated 28.01.2026 to the extent it relates to godown No.ICF B-5026 and for a further direction to the respondents to regularize the lease of the petitioner in respect of the said godown.

2. The petitioner claimed that he was occupying the godown on basis of lease agreement dated 30.08.2006 in his favour and the lease was of 30 years. The respondents, without terminating the lease, have invited tenders for fresh lease. 3. On 12.03.2026, the following order was passed:-

"1. Mr. D.S. Patni, learned Senior Counsel assisted by Mr. Dharmendra Barthwal, learned counsel for the petitioner.

2. Mr. Lalit Samant, learned counsel for respondent no.1.

3. Mr. Yogesh Chandra Tiwari, learned Standing Counsel for the State-respondent no.2.

4. The present writ petition has been filed praying for quashing of a tender notice dated 28.01.2026 by which respondent no.1 invited tenders for auction of all its warehouses and godowns to a single entity. The petitioner was lessee of godown no.UCFD-5029 capacity 1000 metric ton and apprehending that he would be displaced as a result of the new arrangement, the present petition has been filed.

5. In support of his case, the petitioner has relied on a lease deed annexed as Annexure-2 to the writ petition.

*Rest of the document can be viewed at: (https://hcservices.ecourts.gov.in/ecourtindiaHC/cases/display_pdf.php?filename=I1mmm2bl4r4EREhYK63Kv%2BktkM0LESuVs0nlVdbBRKBfSaFPJjRcL59p4zURa2u8&caseno=WPMB/100/2026&cCode=1&cino=UKHC010023372026&state_code=15&appFlag=)

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