Raghuveer Singh v. State of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Revenue Lko. and 6 Others
Case brief
What is this about?
Allahabad High Court (Lucknow Bench), Court No. 17; PIL No. 1011 of 2025; Raghuveer Singh v. State of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Revenue Lko. & 6 Others; Subhash Vidyarthi, J.; decided October 7, 2025; Article 226 Constitution of India; writ of mandamus; removal of encroachment from navin parati and banjar bhumi (barren land); requirement of petitioner's legal right for mandamus; petition dismissed as not pressed; no merits adjudicated; no precedents cited.
What did the court decide?
For a writ of mandamus the petitioner must have a legal right whose violation is apparent; the Court observed that no such right appeared from the case, upon which the petitioner's counsel stated that he did not wish to press the writ petition. ¶3