Dismissed¶¶12
Subodh Pandey v. State of U.P. Thru. Secy. Food and Civil Lko. and 5 Others
Public Interest Litigation – maintainability
Allahabad HCWPIL/969/2025
Case brief
AI extract
What is this about?
Allahabad High Court (Lucknow Bench), Coram: Arun Bhansali, CJ and Jaspreet Singh, J.; PIL No. 969 of 2025, decided 15.09.2025; PIL by Subodh Pandey against State of U.P. (Food and Civil Supplies) dismissed for want of locus standi; challenge was to Deputy Collector, Tarabganj, Gonda order dated 25.07.2025 giving warning to fair price shop licensee, forfeiting security and reinstating licence; remedy indicated: statutory appeal by aggrieved person; no statute or precedent cited.
What did the court decide?
After going through the record, the petitioner has no locus to question the validity of the order dated 25.07.2025 passed by the Competent Authority by way of a Public Interest Litigation. ¶¶11