Allahabad High Court
KANPUR COLONISERS PRIVATE LIMITEDversusSTATE OF UP AND 5 OTHERS
- Decided
Holding
The Court held that, given the Authority's already constituted committee, it must complete the demarcation of the land parcel expeditiously.
Summary
Kanpur Colonisers Private Limited filed a writ petition seeking a direction to the Kanpur Development Authority to complete the demarcation of Arazi No. 481, a minzumla plot of which the petitioner claims 1,000 sq. metres. The Authority had already constituted a committee of six revenue officials for the demarcation. The petitioners limited their relief to an order directing the Authority to expedite the demarcation in accordance with an order dated 29.05.2025. The Court, without examining the merits of the claim, observed that the committee's work must be completed expeditiously and issued a direction accordingly. Consequently, the writ petition was disposed of.
Issues considered
- Whether the High Court can issue a writ directing the Kanpur Development Authority to expedite the demarcation of a disputed land parcel.
Subjects
- land demarcation
- writ petition
- public authority
- administrative law
- expeditious completion
Judgment
HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD
WRIT - C No. - 16396 of 2026
Kanpur Colonisers Private Limited
.....Petitioner(s)
Versus
State Of Up And 5 Others
.....Respondent(s)
Counsel for Petitioner(s) : Ashok K Pandey, Shrish Kumar Jaiswal
Counsel for Respondent(s) : Abhinava Krishna Srivastava, C.S.C.
Court No. - 21
HON'BLE MAHESH CHANDRA TRIPATHI, J.
HON'BLE KUNAL RAVI SINGH, J.
1. Heard Sri Ashok Kumar Pandey and Sri Shrish Kumar Jaiswal, learned counsel for
the petitioner, Sri Hare Ram Tripathi, learned Standing Counsel for the State
respondents and Sri Abhinava Krishna Srivastava, learned counsel for Kanpur
Development Authority.
2. The grievance of the petitioner has not been redressed, even though, the Kanpur
Development Authority has also proceeded to constitute a Committee consisting of
revenue officials for actual demarcation of Arazi No. 481, which is minzumla plot, out
of which 1000 sq. mtr. of land has been claimed by the petitioner.
3. Learned counsel for the petitioner has confined the relief to the extent that a
direction be issued to the respondent authority for ensuring the actual demarcation of
the holdings expeditiously, in the light of order dated 29.05.2025.
4. Considering the facts and circumstances and the relief, as prayed for, without
adverting on merit of the case, we find that once the Kanpur Development Authority
has already proceeded to constitute a Committee consisting six revenue officials, we
expect that the proceeding must be completed expeditiously. Needless to say that we
have not adverted on the merit of the matter.
5. The writ petition stands disposed of.
May 6, 2026
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(Kunal Ravi Singh,J.) (Mahesh Chandra Tripathi,J.)
Digitally signed by :-
GANESH PRAKASH
High Court of Judicature at Allahabad
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