Manish Tiwari v. State of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Revenue Deptt. Govt. of U.P. Civil Secrt. Lko. and Others

Chief Justice's Court Case :- PUBLIC INTEREST LITIGATION (PIL) No. - 849 of 2023 Petitioner :- Manish Tiwari Respondent :- State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Revenue Deptt. Govt. Of U.P. Civil Secrt. Lko. And Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Jay Prakash Singh Vats,Ajay Kumar Soni Counsel for Respondent :- C.S.C. Hon'ble Pritinker Diwaker,Chief Justice Hon'ble Rajan Roy,J. Heard Sri Jay Prakash Singh Vats, learned counsel for the petitioner and Sri Tushar Verma, learned Addl. C.S.C. for the State. This is a writ petition filed allegedly in public interest challenging the order of the report/ recommendation dated

03.08.2023 issued by Zila Adhikari, District-Pratapgarh by which 56 villages which were earlier part of Tehsil-Patti have been recommended to be included in Tehsil-Sadar. The petitioner is a practicing Advocate and has filed this petition. We do not find any valid ground for exercising our powers of judicial review in such a matter which is purely within the domain of Executive and comes within policy matters. We, accordingly, decline to interfere in the matter under Article 226 of the Constitution of India. Accordingly, the petition is dismissed. (Rajan Roy,J.) (Pritinker Diwaker, CJ) Order Date :- 21.9.2023 Shanu/- High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench