Kanak Singh v. State of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Revenue Deptt. U.P. Lko. and 10 Others
Case brief
What is this about?
Article 226 maintainability of writ petition against private company/entity; mobile tower erected on rasta/public way; Khasra No.283 Village Nijaampur Malhaur Lucknow; absence of revenue record and revenue map for gata number; relief against respondent No.5 private entity; notices dispensed with to private respondent Nos.6 to 11; vakalatnamas of Mohit Nigam (resp. No.4) and Aakash Prasad (resp. No.5); petition dismissed as devoid of merit; Allahabad High Court Lucknow Bench Court No.5; Alok Mathur and Amitabh Kumar Rai, JJ.; decided April 13, 2026.
What did the court decide?
The relief sought is against respondent No.5, a private entity, and consequently a writ petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India is not maintainable against a private company; on that basis the Court was not inclined to interfere and dismissed the petition as devoid of merit.