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Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC:80395-DB IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD (Sl. No.35) Court No. - 21 Case :- WRIT - C No. - 13148 of 2025 Petitioner :- Aparna Singh Respondent :- State Of U.P. And 6 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Pallavi Mishra,Vivek Prakash Mishra Counsel for Respondent :- C.S.C.,Deepak Kumar Singh,Ravi Prakash Pandey Hon'ble Manoj Kumar Gupta,J. Hon'ble Anish Kumar Gupta,J.
1. The petitioner has challenged an order dated 09.02.2025 passed by the Zonal Officer, Varanasi Development Authority, Varanasi directing sealing of unauthorized construction until the compounding plan is approved.
2. As indisputably the petitioner has applied for compounding, therefore, it implies that there were unauthorized construction and thus it cannot be said that the action of the Authority in sealing the unauthorized constructions was in any manner illegal.
3. Sri Ravi Prakash Pandey, learned counsel appearing on behalf of Varanasi Development Authority, Varanasi submits that even the approval granted to the compounding plan on 19.02.2025 has been revoked by the order of Vice-Chairman, Varanasi Development Authority, Varanasi dated 26.04.2025. In pursuance thereof, the Zonal Officer has passed a separate order on 29.04.2025, a copy of which has been produced before us.
4. In view of the said development, we leave it open to the petitioner to assail the order passed by the Development Authority revoking the approval granted to the compounding plan.
5. The petition stands disposed of with the aforesaid liberty to the petitioner. Order Date :- 15.5.2025 Ashish Pd. (Anish Kumar Gupta,J.) (Manoj Kumar Gupta,J.) Digitally signed by :- ASHISH PRASAD High Court of Judicature at Allahabad