Ramu Gupta v. State of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Deptt. of Panchayat Raj Lko. and 3 Others
Uttar Pradesh Kshetra Panchayat and Zila Panchayat Adhiniyam, 1961 – Sections 15(2) and 15(3)(ii) – notice issued by Collector – requirement of 'not less than 15 days notice'
Case brief
What is this about?
Allahabad High Court, Lucknow Bench (DB: Rajan Roy & Brij Raj Singh, JJ.), Neutral Citation 2025:AHC-LKO:6958-DB, WRIT - C No. 2975 of 2024, decided 31.1.2025. Ramu Gupta, Pramukh of Kshetra Panchayat Nindura, District Barabanki, challenged notice dated 16.03.2024 issued by the Collector under Section 15(2) of the U.P. Kshetra Panchayat and Zila Panchayat Adhiniyam, 1961. Court held that under Section 15(3)(ii) the date of notice and the date of the proposed meeting are excluded in computing 'not less than 15 days notice'; with notice date 18.03.2024 and meeting date 02.04.2024 the period was under 15 days. Notice quashed; writ petition allowed. Keywords: 15 days notice computation, exclusion of terminal dates, certiorari, quashing of Collector's notice, Panchayat Raj, Pramukh.
What did the court decide?
Writ petition allowed; the impugned notice dated 16.03.2024 issued by the Collector under Section 15(2) of the Uttar Pradesh Kshetra Panchayat and Zila Panchayat Adhiniyam, 1961 was quashed.