Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC:100722-DB Court No. - 21 Case :- WRIT - C No. - 17040 of 2025 Petitioner :- Mahendra Respondent :- State Of U.P. And 7 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Ajay Kumar Yadav Counsel for Respondent :- C.S.C. Hon'ble Manoj Kumar Gupta,J. Hon'ble Ram Manohar Narayan Mishra,J. 1. The prayer made in the instant petition is for a direction to respondent no. 3 to decide the representation of the petitioner dated 8.4.2025 wherein the petitioner has alleged that the private respondents have encroached upon a public rasta. 2. If that be so, the remedy of the petitioner lies under Section 152 of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, and it is open to the petitioner to take recourse to the proceedings under the said provision or to other civil remedies, if so advised. 3. No ground is made out to issue any writ of mandamus for deciding a non-statutory representation. 4. The petition is dismissed. (Ram Manohar Narayan Mishra, J.) (Manoj Kumar Gupta, J.) Order Date :- 1.7.2025 Jaideep/- Digitally signed by :- JAIDEEP BANERJEE High Court of Judicature at Allahabad