Syed Masroor Ali @ Raja vs Sri Naved Hamid Khan — Allahabad HC (2025) — LawSathi Research

Syed Masroor Ali @ Raja vs Sri Naved Hamid Khan — Allahabad HC (2025) — LawSathi Research

What the court decided

AI extract

Outcome

Consensual interim arrangement: three months' time (i.e. by 20.02.2026) granted to the petitioner-tenant to vacate the premises in dispute/subject matter of the appeal; no ruling on the certiorari prayer; case to be listed afresh in the week commencing 23.02.2026.

Issue for consideration

Whether a writ of certiorari should issue quashing the Rent Authority order dated 23.08.2023 in Case No. 3124/2022 and the Rent Tribunal order dated 04.11.2025 dismissing Rent Appeal No. 271 of 2023. +1 more

Court's answer

The quashing prayer itself was not decided on merits; the writ petition was directed to be listed as fresh in the week commencing 23.02.2026.

Ratio / Principle

The petitioner is granted three months' time, i.e. up to 20.02.2026, to vacate the premises in dispute or the subject matter of the appeal.

Key takeaways

The three-month vacation period was settled on the agreed position between learned counsel for both parties after argument, the petitioner having elected not to press the writ on its merits.ratio¶14

Detailed headnote1 paragraphs

Allahabad High Court (Lucknow Bench), Court No. 8 (Manish Kumar, J.), 20 November 2025, WRIT - A No. 13477 of 2025: Syed Masroor Ali @ Raja v. Sri Naved Hamid Khan. Tenant-petitioner sought a writ of certiorari quashing (i) the order dated 23.08.2023 of the learned Rent Authority/A.D.M. City (East), Lucknow in Case No. 3124/2022 (Computerized No. D202240160003124) and (ii) the order dated 04.11.2025 of the Learned Rent Tribunal, Lucknow/Additional District Judge PC ACt No. IV dismissing Misc. Civil Appeal (Rent Appeal) No. 271 of 2023, execution proceedings being underway. The petitioner did not wish to argue the case on merits and sought time to vacate; counsel for both sides agreed on three months. Held: three months' time granted to the petitioner to vacate the premises in dispute/subject matter of the appeal, i.e. by 20.02.2026; case listed as fresh in the week commencing 23.02.2026. Decided by consent without adjudication of the quashing prayer.

HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW

WRIT - A No. - 13477 of 2025

Syed Masroor Ali @ Raja

.....Petitioner(s)

Versus

Sri Naved Hamid Khan	.....Respondent(s)
Counsel for Petitioner(s)	: Amit Singh, Mohd. Zuheib Ali Khan, Yusuf Uz Zaman Safwi
Counsel for Respondent(s)	: Anurag Srivastava, Kabir Ahmad Khan

Court No. - 8

HON'BLE MANISH KUMAR, J.

Heard.

Present petition has been preferred with following main prayer:-

"i) issue or pass a writ, direction, and/or order in the nature of certiorari quashing he order dated 04.11.2025 passed by the Learned Rent Tribunal, Lucknow/Additional District Judge PC ACt No. IV, dismissing the Misc. Civil Appeal (Rent Appeal) No. 271 of 2023 titled as "Masroor Ali alias Raja Vs. Naved Ahmad Khan" and the order dated 23.08.2023 passed by the learned Rent Authority/A.D.M. City (East) Lucknow in Case No. 3124/2022 (Computerized No. D202240160003124) titled as "Naved Ahmad Khan Vs. Masor Ali lias Raja" which are annexed as annexure no. 1 and 2 to this writ petition."

Learned counsel for the petitioner has submitted that the petitioner is the tenant in the premises and the petitioner does not want to argue this case on merit but wants some time to be given for vacating the premises as the execution proceedings are going on.

On the other hand learned counsel for the caveator respondent has submitted that if the petitioner is ready to vacate the premises and wants some time then one month' time may be granted to him for vacating the premises.

In reply thereto, learned counsel for the petitioner has submitted that a month period is very short period to search another premises and after some argument, learned counsel for the parties have agreed that three months time

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may be granted for vacating the premises from today.

As such, the petitioner is granted three months time for vacating the premises in dispute or subject matter in the appeal within a period of three months i.e. by 20.02.2026.

List this case in the week commencing 23.02.2026, as fresh.

November 20, 2025 Ashish

(Manish Kumar,J.)

Digitally signed by :- ASHISH MISHRA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench