PUBLIC INTEREST LITIGATION (PIL) No. 10701 of 2017 at Lucknow

HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW PUBLIC INTEREST LITIGATION (PIL) No. - 10701 of 2017 Sanjay Sharma …..Petitioner(s) Versus Union of India Thru Secretary of Ministry personnel and Ors. …..Respondent(s) Counsel for Petitioner(s) : Chandra Bhushan Pandey, Counsel for Respondent(s) : C.S.C., A.s.g. AFR Judgment reserved on:16.10.2025 Judgment delivered on:16.12.2025 Court No. - 1 HON'BLE RAJAN ROY, J. HON'BLE RAJEEV BHARTI, J. (Per: Rajan Roy, J.) 1. Heard Shri Chandra Bhushan Pandey, learned counsel for the petitioner and Shri Anand Singh, learned Standing Counsel for the State. 2. This is a public interest litigation which was initiated in the year 2017 seeking following reliefs:- “i) to issue a suitable writ, order or direction declaring appointment of opposite party nos. 5 and 6 as Chief Minister and Minister (Deputy Chief Minister) of U.P., 2 WPIL No. - 10701 of 2017 respectively, null and void w.e.f. 19.03.2017, after summoning the necessary records; ii) to issue a writ, order or direction of or in the nature of quo warranto requiring the opposite party nos. 5 and 6 to explain on as to under what authority they are appointed as Chief Minister and Minister (Deputy Ch