Allahabad High Court

ANIL KUMAR KATIYAR AND 3 OTHERSversusTHE VICE CHAIRMAN, KANPUR DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY, MOTI JHEEL, AND 4 OTHERS

Decided: 15 September 2026
Bench: SIDDHARTHA VARMA KUNAL RAVI SINGH

Holding

The Court directed the Kanpur Development Authority to decide the petitioners' mutation application dated 28 June 2022 in accordance with law.

Summary

The petitioners filed an online mutation application with the Kanpur Development Authority on 28 June 2022 (Computer ID No.124130) and alleged that it had not been decided. They approached the Allahabad High Court seeking a direction for the Authority to decide the application. The respondents, representing the Authority, indicated that the application would be decided as soon as possible. The Court, without examining the merits, directed the Authority to decide the mutation application strictly in accordance with law and without further delay. Consequently, the writ petition was disposed.

Issues considered

Whether the Kanpur Development Authority is obligated to decide an online mutation application within a reasonable time under administrative law.

Subjects

mutation application
online filing
administrative delay
writ petition
Kanpur Development Authority
expeditious decision

Judgment

                                             HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD
                                                            WRIT - C No. - 35785 of 2026

                                    Anil Kumar Katiyar And 3 Others
                                                                                                .....Petitioner(s)
                                                                       Versus

                                    The Vice Chairman, Kanpur Development
                                    Authority, Moti Jheel, And 4 Others                       .....Respondent(s)

                                    Counsel for Petitioner(s)       : Jainendra Kumar Mishra, Priyanshu
                                                                      Mishra
                                    Counsel for Respondent(s)       : C.S.C., Pradeep Kumar Tripathi

                                    Court No. - 29
                                                     HON'BLE SIDDHARTHA VARMA, J.
                                                     HON'BLE KUNAL RAVI SINGH, J.

                                    1. Heard learned counsel for the petitioners, learned Standing Counsel
                                    appearing for the State respondents and Sri Pradeep Kumar Tripathi,
                                    learned counsel for the Kanpur Development Authority.

                                    2. The grievance of the petitioner in the present writ petition is that an
                                    online mutation application application has been filed by them before the
                                    Kanpur Development Authority on 28.6.2022 which was generated as
                                    Computer I.D. No.124130 for mutating their names but the same has not
                                    been decided till date.

                                    3. Sri Pradeep Kumar Tripathi, learned counsel for the Kanpur
                                    Development Authority submits that the mutation application of the
                                    petitioners, if not already decided, shall be decided as expeditiously as
                                    possible.

                                    4. In such circumstances, without going into the merit of the claim of the
                                    petitioners, we direct the Kanpur Development Authority to decide the
                                    mutation application of the petitioners dated 28.6.2022 strictly in
                                    accordance with law, if not already decided.

                                    5. With the above direction, the writ petition is disposed of.



                                                                (Kunal Ravi Singh,J.) (Siddhartha Varma,J.)
                                    September 16, 2026
                                    Rakesh




Digitally signed by :-
RAKESH MEHTA
High Court of Judicature at Allahabad

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