Ajeet Kumar v. State of U.P. Thru. District Magistrate Lko. and 7 Others
Case brief
What is this about?
Maintainability of writ petition under Article 226 refused where dispute is private: petitioner (recorded tenure holder, Gata No. 173, Khasra No. 427, Khata No. 173, Village Sarayshekh/Nandpur, District Lucknow) sought mandamus to restrain private respondents nos. 4 to 8 from hindering boundary-wall construction over 3300 sq.mt. and to act on unanswered representations to S.D.M. and S.H.O., P.S. Chinhat; Standing Counsel objected that it was a private dispute/injunction matter; Court held writ petition not maintainable, remedy lies before competent civil court for injunction; petition dismissed (Lucknow Bench, Court No. 5, 13-03-2026; Alok Mathur & Amitabh Kumar Rai, JJ.).
What did the court decide?
Considering the prayer and averments in the writ petition, the Court found that a private dispute has been raised in the present petition, wherein the petitioner seeks to restrain the private respondents.