Dismissed¶12
Ambika Yadav v. State of U.P. through Principal Secretary Ministry of Home Affairs and 7 Others
Allahabad HCWRIC/32680/2025
Case brief
AI extract
What is this about?
Refusal of writ mandamus/restraint order under Article 226; direction to authorities not to entertain complaints held impermissible; complaint against discharge of statutory duty; petitioner Ambika Yadav v. State of U.P. and others; Allahabad High Court, WRIT - C No. 32680 of 2025, Ajit Kumar and Swarupama Chaturvedi, JJ., October 8, 2025; petition dismissed as devoid of merits; no costs or quantum mentioned; no precedent relied upon.
What did the court decide?
This kind of mandamus cannot be issued where any villager or citizen has a complaint against the discharge of duty by a person who is under statutory obligation to discharge certain duties. ¶11