Rajeev Kumar Singh v. State of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Panchayati Raj Lko and 4 Others

Court No. - 3 Case :- WRIT - C No. - 11417 of 2023 Petitioner :- Rajeev Kumar Singh Respondent :- State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Panchayati Raj Lko And 4 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Pramod Kumar Agnihotri,Dinesh Kumar Srivastava Counsel for Respondent :- C.S.C. Hon'ble Vivek Chaudhary,J. Hon'ble Manish Kumar,J. Heard learned counsel for petitioner and learned standing counsel for State. Present writ petition is filed by the petitioner for the following primary relief:- "(i) Issue a writ, order or direction in the nature of Mandamus thereby commanding the opposite party nos.3 and 4 to correct the entry in family register and delete the wrong entry "dead" in the family register contained in Annexure No.1 to this writ petition." Learned standing counsel submits that petitioner can move appropriate application under Section 5 of U.P. Panchayati Raj (Maintenance of Family Registers) Rules, 1970 for correction in the family register which shall be considered and decided expeditiously in accordance with law. In view thereof, petitioner is permitted to make an appropriate application to Assistant Development Officer, Panchayat concerned, raising all his grievance, annexing therewith all the documents in support of his claim within a period of two weeks from today along with a certified copy of this order. In case such an application is moved by petitioner, the Assistant Development Officer, Panchayat concerned shall consider and decide the same in accordance with law by a reasoned and speaking order, after hearing all parties concerned within a period of two months from the date a certified copy of this order along with representation is placed before him. It is made clear that this court has not applied itself on the merits of the case and all questions are left open to be considered and decided by the competent authority in accordance with law. With the aforesaid directions, the writ petition is disposed of. Order Date :- 22.12.2023 Arti/- [Manish Kumar,J.] [Vivek Chaudhary,J.] High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench