Santram v. State of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Food and Civil Suplies Lko and 4 Others
Case brief
What is this about?
Allahabad High Court, Lucknow Bench; WRIT - C No. - 10196 of 2025; Santram v. State of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Food And Civil Suplies Lko and others; decided October 17, 2025 by Hon'ble Syed Qamar Hasan Rizvi, J. Public distribution system/food and civil supplies grievance: mandamus sought against District Supply Officer, Sitapur regarding alleged illegal act of respondent no. 5, and direction sought to SDO, Tehsil Mishrikh to decide complaint/representation dated 17.07.2025. State reported DSO order dated 30.08.2025 imposing Rs.1,000/- penalty on respondent no. 5; petitioner's counsel did not dispute; writ petition consigned to record as nothing remained to be adjudicated, with liberty to challenge the order dated 30.08.2025 in accordance with law.
What did the court decide?
Since the petitioner's complaint had already been considered by the District Supply Officer's order dated 30.08.2025 (imposing a penalty of Rs.1,000/- on respondent no. 5), a fact not disputed by the petitioner's counsel, nothing remained to be adjudicated in the writ petition at that stage and it was consigned to record.