Allahabad High Court
SANDEEP KUMAR GUPTA AND ANOTHERversusSTATE OF U.P. AND 3 OTHERS
- Decided
Holding
The petitioners have no locus standi to object to the enquiry report, and the writ petition is dismissed.
Summary
The petitioners, Sandeep Kumar Gupta and another, filed a writ petition challenging an enquiry report submitted by the District Magistrate, Gorakhpur, which investigated eleven allegations against them and found none established. The petitioners sought to object to the report, arguing that it was erroneous. The High Court examined the enquiry report and the accompanying covering memo dated 22.08.2026. Finding that the enquiry had been properly conducted and that the allegations were not substantiated, the Court held that the petitioners had no locus standi to contest the report. Consequently, the writ petition was consigned to the record, effectively dismissing the petition.
Issues considered
- Whether the petitioners have locus standi to challenge the District Magistrate's enquiry report under which the allegations against them were found unestablished.
Subjects
- Writ petition
- Enquiry report
- Locus standi
- Administrative law
- Dismissal
Judgment
HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD
WRIT - C No. - 21785 of 2026
Sandeep Kumar Gupta And Another
.....Petitioner(s)
Versus
State Of U.P. And 3 Others
.....Respondent(s)
Counsel for Petitioner(s) : Aalok Yadav, Roop Shandilya, Shri Ram
Pandey
Counsel for Respondent(s) : C.S.C., Harshit Gupta
Court No. - 2
HON'BLE J.J. MUNIR, J.
HON'BLE INDRAJEET SHUKLA, J.
Heard learned counsel for the petitioners, learned Standing Counsel for the
State respondents and Mr. Harshit Gupta, learned counsel for respondent
nos. 3 and 4.
The District Magistrate, Gorakhpur has submitted an enquiry report dated
20.08.2026 along with a covering memo dated 22.08.2026 addressed to the
Deputy Secretary to the Government in the appropriate department. The 11
set of allegations against the petitioners were enquired into and none was
found established.
In this view of the matter, though the petitioner presses for objecting to the
report, we are of opinion that the petitioners have no further locus in the
matter.
The writ petition is consigned to record.
September 30, 2026
Mohit
(Indrajeet Shukla,J.) (J.J. Munir,J.)
Digitally signed by :-
MOHIT KUMAR KUSHWAHA
High Court of Judicature at Allahabad
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