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Gulshan v. State of Uttarakhand

Uttarakhand HC17 Oct 2025WPMS/2937/2025

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What is this about?

Widow sought direction to record her name in the family register as her husband died without her name being registered. Court accepted that the Sub Divisional Magistrate had no role and disposed of the petition with liberty to apply to the Gram Panchayat Adhikari, who must decide within eight weeks after hearing all stakeholders.

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Liberty to petitioner to apply to Gram Panchayat Adhikari; if applied within two weeks, Adhikari to decide per law within eight weeks with opportunity of hearing to stakeholders.

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COURT’S OR JUDGE’S ORDERS
WPMS/2937/2025
Hon’ble Manoj Kumar Tiwari, J.
Mr. Nikhil Singhal, Advocate for the
petitioner.
Mr. Suyash Pant, Standing Counsel for the
State.

2.
Petitioner claims to be the wife of Yameen
Ali, who died on 25.11.2024. Since name of
petitioner is not registered in the family register,
therefore, she has approached this Court seeking
a direction to competent authority, to record her
name in the family register.
3.
Learned State Counsel points out that due
to differences with her husband, petitioner was
residing with her parents in District Bijnor and
petitioner’s husband had remarried. However,

the relationship of husband and wife was
subsisting between petitioner and late Yameen.
4.
Learned counsel for the petitioner submits
that Sub Divisional Magistrate, Laksar District
Haridwar, had called a report from Assistant

Development
Officer
(Panchayat)
on

petitioner’s application. Learned State Counsel,

however,
submits
that
Sub
Divisional

Magistrate has no role to play in the matter and

petitioner should have made application to

Gram Panchayat Adhikari of the concerned

Gram Panchayat.
5. This Court finds substance in the
submission made by learned State Counsel.
6. The writ petition is, accordingly, disposed
of with liberty to petitioner to make application
to Gram Panchayat Adhikari, for entering her
name in the family register of her-in-laws.
7. If she makes such application within two
weeks from today, Gram Panchayat Adhikari of
concerned Gram Panchayat shall examine the
matter and pass appropriate order, as per law,
within eight weeks from date of presentation of certified copy of this order.
8. Other stakeholders, including other wives
of late Yameen, shall also be given opportunity
of hearing by the Gram Panchayat Adhikari,
before taking any decision in the matter. (Manoj Kumar Tiwari, J.) 17.10.2025 Mahinder/

Gram Panchayat.

5.
This Court finds substance in the

submission made by learned State Counsel.

6.
The writ petition is, accordingly, disposed

of with liberty to petitioner to make application

to Gram Panchayat Adhikari, for entering her

name in the family register of her-in-laws.

7.
If she makes such application within two

weeks from today, Gram Panchayat Adhikari of

concerned Gram Panchayat shall examine the

matter and pass appropriate order, as per law,

within eight weeks from date of presentation of
certified copy of this order.

8.
Other stakeholders, including other wives

of late Yameen, shall also be given opportunity

of hearing by the Gram Panchayat Adhikari,

before taking any decision in the matter.
(Manoj Kumar Tiwari, J.)
17.10.2025
Mahinder/

Gulshan v. State of Uttarakhand

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