Gurudatt Shukla v. State of U.P. Thru. District Magistrate Ayodhya and Others
Case brief
What is this about?
Allahabad HC (Lucknow Bench), WRIT - C No. 5525 of 2025, neutral citation 2025:AHC-LKO:33699-DB, decided 30.05.2025 by Sangeeta Chandra & Shree Prakash Singh, JJ. Land-possession mandamus petition by Gurudatt Shukla (counsel: Usha Tiwari, Pramod Kumar Tiwari) against State of U.P. thr. DM Ayodhya & others (C.S.C.) seeking protection of possession and non-interference with construction on claimed land; HELD NOT MAINTAINABLE as it concerned a purely private dispute with Anika Prasad alias Kariya Prasad, Murlidhar alias Dulki and Amar Nath; DISMISSED with liberty to approach the appropriate forum. Prior step noted: representation to DM Ayodhya dated 30-04-2025. Keywords: writ maintainability, private land dispute, mandamus refused, Ayodhya, possession and construction.
What did the court decide?
Dismissal of the writ petition with liberty to the petitioner to approach the appropriate forum.