Allahabad High Court
AYODHYA SINGH AND ANOTHERversusCOMPETENT AUTHORITY/ SPECIAL LAND ACQUISITION OFFICER AND 55 OTHERS
- Decided
Holding
The writ petition is dismissed as having become infructuous.
Summary
Petitioners Ayodhya Singh and another filed a writ petition before the Allahabad High Court. The petitioners later contended that no cause of action remained, rendering the petition infructuous. The respondents did not oppose this submission. The Court examined the submissions and found that the petition indeed lacked a surviving cause of action. Consequently, the Court dismissed the writ petition as infructuous.
Issues considered
- Whether the writ petition remains maintainable when the cause of action has become extinguished
- Whether the petition should be dismissed as infructuous
Subjects
- writ petition
- infructuous
- cause of action
- dismissal
- High Court
Judgment
HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD
WRIT - C No. - 35111 of 2025
Ayodhya Singh And Another
.....Petitioner(s)
Versus
Competent Authority/ Special Land Acquisition
Officer And 55 Others .....Respondent(s)
Counsel for Petitioner(s) : Ashish Kumar Mishra, Sanjay Kumar
Dwivedi
Counsel for Respondent(s) : C.S.C., Ram Dutt Mishra, Sunil Kumar
Singh
Court No. - 21
HON'BLE MAHESH CHANDRA TRIPATHI, J.
HON'BLE KUNAL RAVI SINGH, J.
1. Heard Sri Vinod Kumar Srivastava, learned counsel for the petitioners
and Sri Fuzail Ahmad Ansari, learned Standing Counsel for the State-
respondents.
2. Learned counsel for the petitioners on the instructions submits that no
cause of action survives, therefore, the instant writ petition may be
dismissed as infructuous.
3. Learned counsel for the respondent has no objection to the same.
4. Accordingly, the instant writ petition is dismissed as having become
infructuous.
(Kunal Ravi Singh,J.) (Mahesh Chandra Tripathi,J.)
May 5, 2026
Priya
Digitally signed by :-
PRIYA KUSHWAHA
High Court of Judicature at Allahabad
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