Waqf Imambada Kallu Reg.No. I 1717 Thru. Beneficiary and Erstwhile Member Sri Anjum Sayeed v. State of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Minority Welfare and Waqf and 2 Others
Case brief
What is this about?
Alternate-remedy dismissal. A Division Bench of the Allahabad High Court (Lucknow Bench) declined to entertain a writ petition challenging the appointment of a new Waqf committee by opposite party No. 2 and seeking directions on an unanswered representation dated 23.10.2023, recording that an efficacious remedy lies under the Waqf Act before the Waqf Tribunal, a proposition conceded by the petitioner's counsel. Keywords: alternate remedy; Waqf Act; Waqf Tribunal; certiorari; mandamus; appointment of committee; minority welfare; U.P.; maintainability; dismissal.
What did the court decide?
The objection raised by learned Standing Counsel that the petitioner has an efficacious remedy under the Waqf Act before the Waqf Tribunal was not disputed by learned counsel for the petitioner, and formed the basis of the Court's decision. ¶16