Allahabad High Court
LALTA PRASAD PANDEYversusSTATE OF UTTAR PRADESH AND 17 OTHERS
- Decided
- Bench
- MANISH KUMAR NIGAM
Holding
The petition is not maintainable and is dismissed because an alternative remedy is available to the petitioner.
Summary
The petitioner, Lalta Prasad Pandey, filed a writ petition challenging a revisional order dated 23 March 2026 that had been passed in a revision filed by the respondents. The respondents' standing counsel raised a preliminary objection that the petitioner possessed an alternative statutory remedy by filing a revision before the Board of Revenue. The court examined this objection and held that the existence of an alternative remedy barred the petition from being entertained. Consequently, the court declined to consider the merits of the petition. The petition was disposed of, with the court directing the petitioner to pursue the available remedy under law.
Issues considered
- Whether a writ petition challenging a revisional order is maintainable when the petitioner has an alternative remedy under the relevant revenue law?
Subjects
- writ petition
- revision
- alternative remedy
- maintainability
- High Court
- disposal
Judgment
HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD
WRIT - C No. - 17820 of 2026
Lalta Prasad Pandey
.....Petitioner(s)
Versus
State Of Uttar Pradesh And 17 Others
.....Respondent(s)
Counsel for Petitioner(s) : Prashant Sharma, Srikant Tiwari
Counsel for Respondent(s) : C.S.C., Pankaj Kumar Gupta
Court No. - 36
HON'BLE MANISH KUMAR NIGAM, J.
1. Heard learned counsel for the parties, learned Standing Counsel for State-
respondents and perused the record.
2. The present petition has been filed challenging the revisional order dated
23.03.2026, passed in a revision filed by the respondents.
3. Learned Standing Counsel has raised a preliminary objection that the
petitioner has an alternative remedy of filing revision before the Board of
Revenue, against the order impugned.
4. Since the petitioner has an alternative remedy, I am not inclined to
entertain the instant petition.
5. Accordingly, the petition is disposed of with liberty to the petitioner to
avail the remedy as available to him under law.
6. Certified copy of the orders, if any, be returned to learned counsel for the
petitioner after retaining photo copy of the same.
(Manish Kumar Nigam,J.)
May 6, 2026
Ved Prakash
Digitally signed by :-
VED PRAKASH SHARMA
High Court of Judicature at Allahabad
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