Om Prakash Singh v. State of U.P. and 5 Others

Court No. - 40 Case :- WRIT - C No. - 33063 of 2023 Petitioner :- Om Prakash Singh Respondent :- State Of U.P. And 5 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Raj Kumar Kesari,Garun Pal Singh Counsel for Respondent :- CSC,Avinash Chandra Srivastava Hon'ble Mahesh Chandra Tripathi,J. Hon'ble Prashant Kumar,J.

¶1Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and Sri Ambrish Shukla, learned Additional Chief Standing Counsel for the State-respondent nos.1 to 5.

¶2In pith and substance, the petitioner is aggrieved with shifting of police chauki (police outpost) from village-Magna to village-Barauli and apprehends that law and order situation in village Magna and its surrounding area will be adversely affected due to this shifting.

¶3Learned Additional Chief Standing Counsel has raised objection regarding maintainability of the writ petition on the ground that this is a policy decision and moreover when the crime is against the State, it is paramount responsibility of the State machinery to ensure law and order situation.

¶4Considering the facts and circumstances of the case, we are not inclined to entertain the present writ petition. Needless to say that in case the petitioner is aggrieved, he may press his relief before the concerned Superintendent of Police.

¶5With the aforesaid observation, the writ petition stands disposed of. Order Date :- 31.10.2023 Manish Himwan High Court of Judicature at Allahabad