Pradeep Kumar Pandey v. State of U.P. Thru. Addl. Chief Secy. Home Deptt. Lko. and 4 Others
Case brief
What is this about?
Writ petition (WRIT - C No. 4271 of 2025), Allahabad High Court Lucknow Bench, decided 19.5.2025 by Rajan Roy and Om Prakash Shukla, JJ. Petitioner Pradeep Kumar Pandey; respondents State of U.P. through Addl. Chief Secretary, Home Department, Lucknow and others. Subject: staircase constructed on a public road at Tehsil Baldirai, District Sultanpur and compliance with S.D.M.'s order dated 25.11.2024. State counsel reported full compliance; Court required the S.D.M. personally to file an affidavit confirming removal of the staircase and continued the hearing to the 3rd week of July 2025 (not as a fresh case). Interim compliance-monitoring order; no statutory or precedential discussion; no monetary amount involved.
What did the court decide?
The Court directed opposite party no. 3, the S.D.M., Tehsil Baldirai, District Sultanpur, to file his own affidavit stating that the order dated 25.11.2024 has been complied with completely and the staircase built on the public road has been removed.