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2025 DAILYLAW 96286 (ALL)

ASHISH AGARWAL v. STATE OF U.P. AND 6 OTHERS

WRIC/32325/2025 · 2025-09-15

Anish Kumar Gupta, Mahesh Chandra Tripathi

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HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD WRIT - C No. - 32325 of 2025 Court No. - 29 HON'BLE MAHESH CHANDRA TRIPATHI, J. HON'BLE ANISH KUMAR GUPTA, J. 1. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner; Sri Devesh Vikram, learned Additional Chief Standing Counsel for the State-respondent; Sri Chandra Pal Tiwari, learned counsel for the respondent no. 2,3 and 6; Sri Vineet Pandey, learned counsel for the respondent no. 4 and 5; Sri Sumit Daga, learned counsel for the respondent no. 7. 2. The instant writ petition has been preferred for quashing the sanction letter dated 23.4.2024 issued by Meerut Development Authority, Meerut bearing File No. MDA/BP/23-24/0375 (Annexure No. 1 to the writ petition). 3. At the very outset, learned counsel for the respondent raised an objection qua maintainability of the writ petition on the ground that against the sanction of map under Section 14/15 of U.P.Urban, Planning and Development Act, 1973, the petitioner has got efficacious alternative remedy to file a revision under Section 41 of the Act, 1973 before the State Government and as such, the present writ petition is liable to be dismissed on the ground of statutory alternative remedy. 4. We have proceeded to examine the record in question and find that once the efficacious alternative remedy is available to the petitioner, there is no reason or occasion to bypass the statutory forum and the writ petition is liable to be dismissed on the ground of statutory alternative remedy. Versus Counsel for Petitioner(s) : Rajeev Upadhyay Counsel for Respondent(s) : C.S.C., Shiv Prakash Gupta, Vineet Pandey Ashish Agarwal .....Petitioner(s) State Of U.P. And 6 Others .....Respondent(s) 5. Consequently, the writ petition stands dismissed in terms of the aforesaid. September 16, 2025 A.K.Srivastava WRIC No. 32325 of 2025 2 (Anish Kumar Gupta,J.) (Mahesh Chandra Tripathi,J.) Digitally signed by :- ARUN KUMAR SRIVASTAVA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad Digitally signed by :- ARUN KUMAR SRIVASTAVA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad