Amarnath Vishwakarma v. State of U.P. and 7 Others

Court No. - 6 Case :- WRIT - C No. - 33676 of 2023 Petitioner :- Amarnath Vishwakarma Respondent :- State Of U.P. And 7 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Alok Pandey Counsel for Respondent :- C.S.C.,Azad Rai,Sanjay Kumar Om Hon'ble Mrs. Manju Rani Chauhan,J. Heard Mr. Alok Pandey, learned counsel for the petitioner and learned Standing Counsel for the State-respondent. This writ petition has been filed interalia for the following relief:- "A) Issue an appropriate writ order or direction in the nature of mandamus commanding and directing to the respondent authority to conclude the fair inquiry which is pending against the village pradhan of Village Bhadewara, Block-Karchhana, Tahsil-Karchhana, District-Prayagraj on account of order of the District Collector/District Magistrate, District-Prayagraj dated 06.05.2023 and 13.06.2023. B)...." Learned Standing Counsel states that the petitioner being complainant has no locus to file such petition, therefore, this petition is not maintainable. In support of his contention, he has relied upon the Full Bench judgment of this Court in the case of Vivekanand Yadav vs. State of U.P. and another, reported in 2010(10) ADJ 1 (FB) and the judgment of Co-ordinate Bench of this Court in the case of Narendra Kumar vs. State of U.P. and Ors., reported in 2013(1) ADJ 228. In view of the above, the present petition is dismissed as not maintainable. Order Date :- 28.10.2023 Anjali High Court of Judicature at Allahabad