Siddharth Shukla v. Lucknow Development Authority , Lko. Thru. Vice Chairman and Others
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PIL No. - 660 of 2024; Siddharth Shukla v. Lucknow Development Authority (through Vice Chairman) and others; High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench; coram Rajan Roy, J. and Subhash Vidyarthi, J.; order dated November 24, 2025; next listing 28.11.2025; subject: non-filing of counter affidavits by the State (parawise reply received, counter affidavit pending) and the L.D.A. (counter affidavit prepared and under vetting) despite the Court's direction of 06.08.2024; Court observed poor co-operation by State instrumentalities over a year and almost three months; conditional warning to impose heavy cost if affidavits not filed by 28.11.2025; affidavit to justify earlier non-compliance and why cost/other action should not follow; counsel: Bhanu Bajpai (petitioner), Ratnesh Chandra, C.S.C. (respondents); interim procedural order only - no merits adjudicated, no statute or precedent cited, no quantum involved.