Anand Kumar Sharma and Another v. State of U.P. Thru. Secy. of Village Deve. Deptt. Lko and 6 Others
Case brief
What is this about?
PIL dismissed as withdrawn; maintainability objection under Rule 1(3-A), Chapter XXII, Allahabad High Court Rules (Balwant Singh Chaufal compliance - disclosure of petitioner credentials); mandamus sought for construction of khadanja/chak road on Gata No. 837Ka, Village Ajmalpur, Block Bhiyaon, Tahsil Jalalpur, District Ambedkar Nagar; protection of villagers' common rights; decision of pending representation; counsel: Anil Kumar Tiwari for petitioners, Suresh Chandra Kushwaha (Standing Counsel) and Mohan Singh for respondents; single-judge bench of Syed Qamar Hasan Rizvi, J., Allahabad High Court Lucknow Bench, decided December 2, 2025; precedents referred: State of Uttranchal v. Balwant Singh Chaufal (2010 AIR SCW 1029); Deenbandhu Samgra Swasthya Avam Siksha Shodh Sansthan v. Union of India (2025 SCC OnLine All 3541).
What did the court decide?
Confronted with the Standing Counsel's maintainability objection, counsel for the petitioners did not press the petition and prayed for its dismissal as withdrawn; the court accepted the prayer for withdrawal and dismissed the petition as withdrawn. No decision was rendered on the maintainability objection or on the substantive reliefs sought.