Nainital, Dec 5 (PTI) The Uttarakhand High Court directed the state government to include members of the District Legal Services Authority in a committee formed to relocate people from a remote village here who have filed a PIL over lack of basic facilities such as electricity and water.

The division bench of Chief Justice G Narendra and Subhash Upadhyay directed that incusion of DLSA members would ensure that they may receive land leases under the Forest Rights Act and be provided with basic amenities.

The committee was constituted to hear the claims and rights of people residing in forest areas.

Earlier, the court had asked about the decision of state government so far on the recommendations made by the committee formed in 2014 for the relocation of people living in the area.

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