Shri Rajesh Kumar Shukla v. State of U.P. through Principal Secretary, Finance Department, Lucknow and 8 others
Case brief
What is this about?
SARFAESI Act 2002; Article 226 Constitution of India; efficacious alternative remedy; Debt Recovery Tribunal (DRT); mandamus; sale/auction of House No. 501/96 Kabadia Ka Purwa Hasanganj Lucknow; writ petition disposed; direction to approach DRT within two weeks; Allahabad High Court Lucknow Bench Court No. 2; Shekhar B. Saraf J; Abdhesh Kumar Chaudhary J; June 4, 2026; WRIT-C 4699 of 2026; petitioner Rajesh Kumar Shukla; respondent State of U.P. Finance Department.
What did the court decide?
Mandamus restraining the sale/auction of House No. 501/96 was not granted; instead the petitioner was directed to seek redressal before the Debt Recovery Tribunal, with a direction that any application filed within two weeks be considered by the DRT expeditiously in accordance with law. ¶15