THE STATE OF UTTAR PRADESH THE CHIEF SECRETARY vs STATE OF UTTARANCHAL THE CHIEF SECRETARY — ORGNL.SUIT No. 1/2004

CASE SUMMARY After 13 years of litigation, the Supreme Court approved a settlement between Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand resolving their dispute over land and hotel properties in Haridwar. The court ordered: (1) allocation of 2,964 sq. meters for a new hotel to be constructed by UP with a 3.5-meter passage to Gangnahar; (2) UP to apply for construction permits by February 28, 2018, with Uttarakhand granting clearances promptly; (3) construction completion within two years of permit approval (subject to force majeure); (4) transfer of existing Hotel Alaknanda to Uttarakhand upon new hotel completion; (5) UP Tourism Development Corporation to independently operate the new hotel; and (6) joint parking use of remaining space. Both the original suit and related writ petition were disposed of accordingly. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.