Laxmi Devi and Another v. State of U.P. Thru. Addl. Chief Secy. / Prin. Secy. Revenue Deptt. and 4 Others
Case brief
What is this about?
Allahabad High Court, Lucknow Bench (Court No. 2), WRIT - C No. 7379 of 2024, decided 22.10.2024 (Rajan Roy, J. and Brij Raj Singh, J.). Dispute over authenticity of an Economically Weaker Section (EWS) certificate issued by the Tehsildar, Bhinga, District Shrawasti, with competing claims as to who is the wife of Ram Niwas (petitioner no.1 Laxmi Devi versus opposite party no.5). Writ petition disposed of with a direction to the Tehsildar to enquire/verify the facts and decide per law after hearing opposite party no.5, within three months; notice to opposite party no.5 dispensed with. No statute or precedent cited.
What did the court decide?
Direction to the petitioner to move an application before the Tehsildar, Bhinga, District Shrawasti for enquiry/verification of the alleged false Economically Weaker Section certificate, with the Tehsildar to take a decision permissible in law after hearing opposite party no.5, the exercise to be completed within three months.