WRIT - C No. 25120 of 2020 at Allahabad

AFR HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD Court No.40 Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC:45291-DB CORAM : HON’BLE SHEKHAR B. SARAF, J. HON’BLE VIPIN CHANDRA DIXIT, J. WRIT-C NO. 25120 OF 2020 RAJENDRA PRASAD AND OTHERS V. DISTRICT MAGISTRATE, BAREILLY AND ANOTHER For the Petitioners : Mr. Udit Chandra, Advocate For the Respondents : Mr. Mukul Tripathi, Standing Counsel for the State Mr. J. Nagar, Senior Advocate assisted by Mr. Prateek J. Nagar, Advocate for respondent No.2 Last heard on March 11, 2025 Pronounced on April 2, 2025 SHEKHAR B. SARAF, J. 1. This is a writ petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India wherein the petitioners are praying for the issuance of a writ of mandamus commanding and directing the District Magistrate, Bareilly (hereinafter referred to as ‘respondent no.1’) to decide their representation dated September 30, 2020. 2 FACTS 2. Factual matrix of the instant writ petition is delineated below: a) The petitioners are small-scale farmers who own agricultural land in District Bareilly. A scheme for Northern Region System Strengthening Scheme-XXI (hereinafter referred to as the ‘Scheme’) for laying a 400 kV Bareilly-Kashipur-Roorkee- Saharanpur D/C (Q