Ramu Gupta v. State of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Deptt. of Panchayat Raj Lko. and 3 Others
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2025:AHC-LKO:6958-DB | WRIT - C No. 2975 of 2024 | High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench | Rajan Roy, J. and Brij Raj Singh, J. | Order Date 31.1.2025. Petitioner: Ramu Gupta (Pramukh, Kshetra Panchayat Nindura, District Barabanki). Respondents: State of U.P. thru Prin. Secy., Deptt. of Panchayat Raj, Lko. and 3 others. Statutes: Section 15(2) and Section 15(3)(ii), Uttar Pradesh Kshetra Panchayat and Zila Panchayat Adhiniyam, 1961. Key terms: 'not less than 15 days notice'; exclusion of date of notice and date of proposed meeting in computing 15 days; notice dated 16.03.2024 issued by Collector under Section 15(2); date of notice 18.03.2024; proposed meeting 02.04.2024; Certiorari and Mandamus reliefs. Cases applied: Smt. Sunita Sharma (2014) SCC OnLine All 12236; Surendra Kumar Yadav (2017) SCC OnLine All 3947; Kamal Sharma, Writ-C No. 9763 of 2013 (decided 05.10.2023). Outcome: writ petition allowed; impugned notice quashed.