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2025 DAILYLAW 135796 (ALL)

RAJWELL PETER AND ANOTHER v. STATE OF U.P. THRU. PRIN. SECY. HOME DEPTT., LKO. AND OTHERS

WRIC/3848/2025 · 2025-04-23

Pankaj Bhatia

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Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC-LKO:23052 Court No. - 6 Case :- WRIT - C No. - 3848 of 2025 Petitioner :- Rajwell Peter And Another Respondent :- State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Home Deptt., Lko. And Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Saksham Chopra,Aarsh Raj,Lakshmi Kant Tripathi Counsel for Respondent :- C.S.C. Hon'ble Pankaj Bhatia,J. 1. Heard learned counsel for the parties and perused the record. 2. The present petition has been filed by the petitioner with the following prayer :- "(a). Issue a writ of Mandamus directing Respondents No. 2 to 5 to take immediate legal action against Respondents No. 6 and 7, including registering a complaint against them for domestic violence, cruelty, and forceful eviction of the petitioners from their own home. (b) Issue appropriate directions in the nature of mandamus directing Respondents No. 2 and 3 to immediately reinstate the petitioners in their legally owned property and restrain Respondents No. 6 and 7 from interfering in their peaceful enjoyment of their home. (c) Issue appropriate directions in the nature of mandamus directing the police authorities to ensure the immediate protection and safety of the petitioners from any further acts of violence and harassment by Respondents No. 6 and 7." 3. Considering the fact that the petitioner has an efficacious remedy of filing an appropriate application under the Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens Act, 2007, the present petition is disposed of permitting the petitioner to move an application before the District Magistrate, Lucknow, who shall ensure that orders are passed on the said application considering the merit of the case within a period of two weeks from the date of the same being filed. Order Date :- 23.4.2025 Arun Digitally signed by :- ARUN KUMAR High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench