Nagesh v. State of U.P. and 4 Others

Court No. - 39 Case :- PUBLIC INTEREST LITIGATION (PIL) No. - 2784 of 2023 Petitioner :- Nagesh Respondent :- State Of U.P. And 4 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Manoj Kumar Singh Counsel for Respondent :- C.S.C.,Akhila Nand Pandey,Rameshwar Prasad Shukla Hon'ble Saumitra Dayal Singh,J. Hon'ble Vinod Diwakar,J.

¶1Heard Shri Manoj Kumar Singh, learned counsel for the petitioner, Ms. Seema Agarwal, learned Standing Counsel for the State, Shri Akhila Nand Pandey, learned counsel for the respondent no. 5 and Shri R.P. Shukla, learned counsel for respondent no. 4.

¶2Challenge has been raised to the award of fishing rights to respondent no. 5.

¶3As to locus, learned counsel for the petitioner states that petitioner is a simple villager who is interested in honest conduct of auction involving fishing rights over pond situated in his village.

¶4In-so-far as the dispute, if any is concerned, it may be a commercial dispute amongst competing bidders, we find the petitioner lacks locus to bring such litigation to this Court. Leaving it open to the aggrieved party to proceed in accordance with law, the present petition is dismissed for lack of locus. Order Date :- 11.12.2023 Ujjawal (Vinod Diwakar,J.) (S.D. Singh,J.) High Court of Judicature at Allahabad