WRIT - C No. 39180 of 2024 at Allahabad

AFR IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD Court No. - 40 Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC:35647-DB WRIT - C NO. - 39180 OF 2024 SEEMA PADALIA AND ANOTHER V. STATE OF U.P. AND 4 OTHERS For the Petitioners Rahul Sahai, Saumitra Anand For the Respondents C.S.C., Kaushalendra Nath Singh HON’BLE SHEKHAR B. SARAF, J. HON’BLE VIPIN CHANDRA DIXIT, J. 1. Heard learned counsel for the parties and perused the record. 2. This writ petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India has been filed by the petitioners with the following reliefs :- "i. Issue a writ, order or direction in the nature of certiorari for quashing the impugned order dated 16.05.2024 passed by respondent no. 3 vide patrank No. 314/Sa.Ma. Ni.-Pratham/2024 whereby the petitioners' application for refund of stamp has been rejected. (Annexure-1 to the writ petition). ii. Issue a suitable order or direction for declaration of the Rule 218 as substituted/amended by U.P. Stamp 5th amendment Rules 2021 as ultra vires the Indian Stamp Act, 1899. iii. Issue a suitable writ, order or direction in the nature of mandamus directing the respondent no. 2 to 4 to refund the stamp duty in accordance with law by allowing the appl