Sumit Pandey v. State of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Home U.P. and 6 Others
Case brief
What is this about?
PIL 53 of 2026, Allahabad High Court Lucknow Bench, decided 28-01-2026, bench Rajan Roy & Abdhesh Kumar Chaudhary; petitioner Sumit Pandey v. State of U.P.; mandamus sought for enforcement of Motor Vehicles Act and Central Motor Vehicles Rules 1989 (Rules 50, 124, 126), HSRP Order 2018, Notification S.O. No. 873(E) dated 15.12.1997; vehicles without registration plates, HSRP, PUC, insurance, fitness certificate; Sections 39, 53, 56, 192 MV Act penal action; SOP, State-Level Monitoring Committee, Transport Commissioner, ADG (Traffic), VAHAN database, zero-tolerance policy; petition disposed of with direction to approach Transport Commissioner U.P. Lucknow and R.T.O. concerned; no mandamus issued.
What did the court decide?
None of the prayed mandamus reliefs (SOP, monitoring committee, special drives) was issued; the petition was disposed of with a direction to the petitioner to make an application before the Transport Commissioner, U.P., Lucknow, with liberty to apprise that officer or the district R.T.O. of violations.