The Uttarakhand High Court has directed that a Pakistani Sikh family residing in Dehradun should not be deported if they do not pose a threat to national security.A single-judge Bench of Justice Manoj Kumar Tiwari observed on Thursday, while hearing a petition challenging a state government’s order, that mandated the family to leave India within 24 hours.”The petitioners shall not be deported out of India, if there is no threat from them to the national security,” the court observed.The court granted time to the counsels representing the Centre and the state government to seek instructions and submit their response via affidavit. The court has listed the matter for next hearing on June 16.As per the case, the petitioner, Manjeet, arrived in India from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in Pakistan with his family in 2019. The family has since been residing in the Vasant Vihar area of Dehradun under a long-term visa, which was subsequently extended and remains valid till December 2026.The dispute arose after the Uttarakhand state government issued a notice on May 31, directing the family to exit the country within 24 hours. The family received the notice on June 2 and subsequently approached the high court to challenge the order.The family includes three children, consisting of an eldest daughter pursuing a BTech degree, a second daughter studying for a Bachelor of Dental Surgery and a minor son.The petitioner argued that the family should be permitted to remain in India until the expiration of their valid visa in late 2026.During the proceedings, the state government submitted that the family currently resides in an area where the Indo-Tibetan Border Police headquarters is located.It also contended that their continued presence in that locality could pose a potential security concern, and requested that the family be repatriated to Pakistan.Advocate Vikas Kumar Guglani represented the petitioners, while standing counsel Saurav Adhikari appeared for the Centre and Swati Verma represented the state government.