Rasida Khatoon W/O Mainuddin Khan v. the State of Rajasthan
Case brief
What is this about?
Rasida Khatoon; Chairperson Nagar Parishad Karauli; suspension of elected representative; Section 39 Rajasthan Municipalities Act 2009; judicial enquiry; proviso Section 39(1); enquiry by authority State directs; delegatus non potest delegare; sublato fundamento cadit opus; fact finding report; Additional Collector Karauli; Tehsildar Karauli; Commissioner Municipal Council Karauli; illegal issuance of pattas; co-signatory; negative parity; Article 14; R. Muthukumar TANGEDCO 2022 SCC Online SC 151; Basawaraj (2013) 14 SCC 81; State of Odisha v. Anup Kumar Senapati; Durga Ram Mali (2011) 4 RLW 3552; Tararam Mali SBCWP 11814/2019; Satish Kumar Duhariya SBCWP 11706/2023; Vimla Devi 2007 SCC Online Raj 458; Narendra Kumar Khodaniya SBCWP 15215/2024; Manzoor/Manszoor Ali SBCWP 17283/2021; CW-11862/2024; CW-12086/2024; CW-653/2025; Anoop Kumar Dhand; Rajasthan High Court Jaipur
What did the court decide?
No relief to the petitioner: all three connected writ petitions rejected; stay application and pending applications dismissed. Directions issued: complete the judicial enquiry expeditiously (within three months of receipt of certified copy), conclude it on its merits with due opportunity of hearing and uninfluenced by this Court's observations; take appropriate legal action against erring officers including the Commissioner, Municipal Council, Karauli (compliance of directions in paras 18 and 23; copy of order sent to respondent Nos. 1 and 2).