Bharat Pandey v. State of U.P. and 2 Others
Case brief
What is this about?
Kashi Vishwanath Temple lockers writ dismissed; Bharat Pandey v. State of U.P. and 2 Others, WRIT-C No. 39151 of 2025 (Allahabad High Court, decided 26.11.2025); CEO Kashi Vishwanath Mandir Trust order dated 26.9.2018 authorizing lockers; no contract or work order issued to private party; free lockers established by the Trust itself at temple gates; forcible removal of lockers; claim of arbitrary exercise of power and loss of property; interim order dated 12.11.2025 seeking instructions; Bench: Ajit Kumar and Swarupama Chaturvedi, JJ.; counsel: Amit Kumar Srivastava, Saurabh Singh (petitioner), C.S.C., A.P. Singh (State), Vineet Sankalp (respondent no. 3).
What did the court decide?
On a pointed query from the Court, the petitioner's counsel could not demonstrate that at any point of time any work order or direction was issued to the petitioner to run the lockers keeping visitors' valuables, mobile phones etc.