Maya Devi v. State of U.P. and 5 Others
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Allahabad High Court, WRIT - C No. 3633 of 2022, decided 27.5.2022, coram Attau Rahman Masoodi J. and Vikram D. Chauhan J. Petitioner Maya Devi sought mandamus restraining police obstruction of routine worship and peaceful management of a temple; respondents State of U.P. and others (counsel: C.S.C., Bhanu Prakash Verma, Jainendra Kumar Mishra; petitioner's counsel: Lalit Kumar Shukla, Ashish Srivastava). Temple management dispute held to be inter se private parties (opposite parties nos. 4-6); writ petition for adjudication of a private-party dispute held not maintainable, especially with parallel civil proceedings; petition disposed of with liberty to pursue the suit; decree in Regular Suit No. 205 of 2006 open to execution if chosen. Keywords: temple management, private party dispute, maintainability of writ, parallel proceedings, mandamus, civil suit, execution of decree.