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2025 DAILYLAW 101064 (ALL)

KARAN SINGH AND 2 OTHERS v. STATE OF U.P. AND 11 OTHERS

WRIC/35492/2025 · 2025-10-09

Y K Srivastava

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HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD WRIT - C No. - 35492 of 2025 Court No. - 6 HON'BLE DR. YOGENDRA KUMAR SRIVASTAVA, J. Head Sri Alok Kumar Srivastava, learned counsel for the petitioner, Sri Nand Lal Maurya, learned Standing Counsel appearing for the State- respondents and Sri Avinash Chandra Srivastava, learned counsel appearing for the respodent-Gram Sabha. The present petition has been filed seeking to assail an order dated 27.02.2004 passed by the respondent no.3 in case no. 48 of 2002-03 (State vs. Kallo Devi and others), under Section 198(4) of the U.P.Z.A. & L.R. Act, 1950, whereby the allotments which had been made, were cancelled. The revision filed thereagainst being Revision No. RST/1991 of 2008-09, computerized case no. C201401000000066 (Karan Singh and others vs. Land Management Committee), which has been dismissed vide order dated 23.06.2025, has also been challenged. The petitioner claims to have purchased the land from one of the original allottees. The order of cancellation of allotment and also the revisional order have recorded in clear terms that land bearing Gata Nos. 138 and 154 was recorded as 'pasture land', and since the said land was reserved for public purpose under Section 132 of the U.P.Z.A. & L.R. Act, 1950, the allotments could not have been made. It is for the said reason that the allotments were cancelled. Counsel for the petitioner has not been able to dispute the factual position with regard to the nature of the land. He has also not able to dispute the Versus Counsel for Petitioner(s) : Alok Kumar Srivastava, Yogesh Kumar Counsel for Respondent(s) : Avinash Chandra Srivastava, C.S.C. Karan Singh And 2 Others .....Petitioner(s) State Of U.P. And 11 Others .....Respondent(s) legal position that the land which is covered under Section 132 of the U.P.Z.A. & L.R. Act, 1950, and was reserved for public purpose, could not have been allotted. No material error or illegality has been pointed out in the order impugned so as to warrant interference. The writ petition stands dismissed accordingly. October 10, 2025 Imroz WRIC No. 35492 of 2025 2 (Dr. Yogendra Kumar Srivastava,J.) Digitally signed by :- MOHAMMAD IMROZ KHAN High Court of Judicature at Allahabad