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2025 DAILYLAW 190152 (ALL)

CAPTAIN DEVENDRA PRATAP SINGH v. STATE OF U.P. THRU. PRIN. SECY. DEPTT. HOUSING AND URBAN PLANNING LKO. AND 8 OTHERS

WRIC/10341/2025 · 2025-10-17

Amitabh Kumar Rai, Sangeeta Chandra

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HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW WRIT - C No. - 10341 of 2025 Court No. - 2 HON'BLE MRS. SANGEETA CHANDRA, J. HON'BLE AMITABH KUMAR RAI, J. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner, learned Standing Counsel for the State and Sri Asit Kumar Chaturvedi, learned Senior Advocate, assisted by Sri Dharmendra Kumar Dixit, learned counsel appearing for respondent nos.2 and 3, Raebareli Development Authority. This writ petition has been filed by the petitioner for the following reliefs :- (i) A writ, order or direction in the nature of Mandamus be issued directing the Opp. Party No. 2 to decide the proceeding undertaken by it under Section 15 of the U. P. Urban Planning and Development Act, 1973 in pursuance of order dated 30.10.2024 passed by the State Government in the Revision No. 35 of 2014 filed by the petitioner under section 41 (3) of the said Act challenging the sanction of the map issued in favour of the father of Opp. Party Nos. 4 to 9 vide order dated 04.03.2014, as expeditiously as possible. (ii) A writ, order or direction in the nature of Mandamus be issued directing the Opp. Party No. 1 to take a decision over the application/representation dated 07.03.2025 filed by the Petitioner before him to implement his order dated 30.10.2024 as contained in Annexure No. 5, as expeditiously as possible. Learned counsel for respondent nos. 2 and 3 has objected to the writ petition being filed through a power of attorney. He has also raised serious doubts about the said power of attorney, which was executed way back on 02.09.2024 and about the locus of the petitioner, as the revision was filed by one Rajendra Pratap Singh, son of Late Pratap Bahadur Singh. Versus Counsel for Petitioner(s) : Atma Ram Mishra, Abhishek Mishra, Samanvya Dhar Dwivedi Counsel for Respondent(s) : C.S.C., Dharmendra Kumar Dixit Captain Devendra Pratap Singh .....Petitioner(s) State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Deptt. Housing And Urban Planning Lko. And 8 Others .....Respondent(s) At this stage, learned counsel for the petitioner prays that the writ petition may be dismissed as withdrawn, with liberty to file afresh. The writ petition is dismissed as withdrawn, with liberty as prayed for. October 17, 2025 Ashish Dewal WRIC No. 10341 of 2025 2 (Amitabh Kumar Rai,J.) (Mrs. Sangeeta Chandra,J.) Digitally signed by :- ASHISH DEWAL High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench