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Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC:135716-DB
Court No. - 29 Case :- WRIT - C No. - 26790 of 2025 Petitioner :- Natthi Singh Respondent :- State Of U.P. And 3 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Dushyant Singh,M.C. Singh Counsel for Respondent :- Anjali Upadhya,C.S.C. Hon'ble Mahesh Chandra Tripathi,J. Hon'ble Vinod Diwakar,J.
1. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner; learned Standing Counsel for State respondent and Ms. Anjali Upadhya,
learned counsel for respondent no.4.
2. The present writ petition has been filed seeking a direction in the nature of mandamus to the respondent authorities to allot a 10% residential plot in the development area, in terms of the Full Bench decision of this Court in Gajraj v. State of U.P. and Others, 2011 (11) ADJ Page 1.
3. At the very outset, learned counsel for the petitioner states that identical controversy has already been settled by this Court in Soukeen and another v. State of U.P. and another (Writ- C No. 20526 of 2025, dt. 3.7.2025) and the writ petition was disposed of in terms of the judgment rendered in Balraj Singh & others v. State of U.P. & others (Writ-C No. 9496 of 2025, dated 2.4.2025). As such, it is pressed that the instant matter is squarely covered with the aforesaid judgment and the writ petition may also be
disposed of in the light of Soukeen and another (supra).
4. So far as the factual and legal aspect of the matter, the same is not disputed by the learned Standing Counsel as
well as learned counsel for the respondent-Development Authority.
5. Having regard to the facts of the case and the
submissions made, we dispose of the instant petition in terms of Soukeen and another (supra). The respondent- Development Authority is directed to pass a reasoned and speaking order on the claim of the petitioner, keeping in view the facts of the case and relevant legal precedents, preferably within a period of eight weeks from the date of production of a certified copy of this order.
Order Date :- 11.8.2025 SP/ Digitally signed by :- SURYA PRAKASH High Court of Judicature at Allahabad