HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW WRIT - C No. - 8991 of 2025 Court No. - 2 HON'BLE MRS. SANGEETA CHANDRA, J. HON'BLE BRIJ RAJ SINGH, J. 1. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned Standing Counsel who appears on behalf of the State-respondent nos.1 & 4 and Shri Amrendra Pratap Singh, who appears on behalf of the Respondent nos.2 and 3, the Local Administration/ Lokayukta U.P. through its Registrar. 2. This petition has been filed by the petitioner for the following prayers:- "i) Issue a writ, order or direction in the nature of Certiorari quashing and setting aside the Order/ Communication dated 21.11.2023 sent by Joint Secretary, Office of Lok Ayukt, Uttar Pradesh/ Opposite party no.3 a copy of which is impugned and contained in Annexure No.1 hereinabove. ii) Issue a writ, order or direction in the nature of Mandamus directing the Respondent no.2 to decide the complaint dated 15.11.2021, a copy of which is contained in Annexure No.3 hereinabove. (iii) Such other writ, order or direction as this Hon'ble Court may deem fit and proper in the circumstances of the case, and ; (iv) To Allow this writ petition with cost." 3. We have gone through the order passed by this Court in Writ-C No.6860 of 2023 [Vakeel Chand Jain Vs. State of U.P. and others] where the petitioner had approached this Court for a direction in the Versus Counsel for Petitioner(s) : Palash Srivastava, Shashank Srivastava Counsel for Respondent(s) : C.S.C. Vakeel Chand Jain, Partner M/S Shree Bharat Associates Thru. Auth. Representative Sri Rakesh Mishra .....Petitioner(s) State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Deptt. Of Revenue Lko. And 3 Others .....Respondent(s) nature of Mandamus directing the Lokayukta to decide the Complaint dated 15.11.2021 preferred by the petitioner. The Court without entering into the merits of the controversy, had directed the Lokayukta Administration to consider and decide the complaint dated 15.11.2021 of the petitioner, in accordance with law, by a reasoned and speaking order after hearing the concerned parties within a period of three months from the date a certified copy of the order was placed before him. 4. Alleging that the order dated 11.08.2023 in Writ-C No.6860 of 2023 was not complied with by the Opposite party no.2, the petitioner had filed a Contempt Petition namely Contempt Application (Civil) No.2267 of 2024 [Vakeel Chand Jain Vs. Hon'ble Mr. Justice Sanjay Mishra, Lok Ayukta], the Court by a detailed order had observed that no Contempt has been made out. The order dated 30.05.2024 had left it open for the petitioner to take appropriate remedy before appropriate Forum, if he still had grievance. 5. The petitioner has not challenged the order dated 21.11.2023 which is a communication made by a General Secretary of the Opposite party no.4 informing him that the grievance that the petitioner has raised does not come within the jurisdiction of the Lokayukta Administration. It is a civil dispute relating to Property / Land and can only be decided by the Competent Court of law. 6. The General Secretary has informed the petitioner about the jurisdiction under the Lokayukta Act. 7. We do not find any good ground to show interference in the Order/ Communication dated 21.11.2023. 8. The writ petition is dismissed leaving it open for the petitioner to approach the appropriate Civil Court. September 22, 2025 N.PAL WRIC No. 8991 of 2025 2 (Brij Raj Singh,J.) (Mrs. Sangeeta Chandra,J.) Digitally signed by :- NARESH PAL High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench