Anil Kumar Maurya v. State of U.P. and 2 Others
Case brief
What is this about?
Neutral Citation 2025:AHC:79973-DB; WRIT TAX No. 2259 of 2025; decided 15.5.2025 by Arun Bhansali, Chief Justice and Kshitij Shailendra, J. Subject: maintainability of a writ petition where the impugned order (confiscation of a vehicle under Section 72(2), U.P. Excise Act, 1910, by the District Magistrate, Fatehpur) is appealable under Section 72(7) of the Act before the District Judge; writ dismissed on preliminary objection of alternative appellate remedy; plea of petitioner's unawareness of the order rejected as he was represented at the hearing preceding the order. Relevant to bypassing-of-appeal objections in U.P. Excise Act confiscation matters.
What did the court decide?
No substantive relief granted; the petitioner was left open to approach the appellate forum in accordance with law, and the certified copy of the impugned order (Annexure-9) is to be returned to the petitioner's counsel.