SPECIAL APPEAL No. 160 of 2025 at Lucknow

In The High Court Of Judicature At Allahabad Sitting At Lucknow Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC-LKO:25770-DB Court No. - 1 Case :- SPECIAL APPEAL No. - 160 of 2025 Appellant :- Adarsh Pandey Respondent :- State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Food And Civil Supplies Deptt. Lko. And 7 Others Counsel for Appellant :- Fakhruddin Ali Ahmad,Surendra Singh,Vijay Kumar Shukla Counsel for Respondent :- C.S.C.,Mohan Singh,Sunil Kumar Srivastava Hon'ble Attau Rahman Masoodi,J. Hon'ble Rajeev Singh,J. 1. Heard learned counsel for the appellant and learned Standing Counsel who has accepted notice on behalf of opposite parties no.1 to 6. Sri Mohan Singh, learned counsel has put in appearance on behalf of opposite party no.7, whereas, opposite party no.8 is represented by Sri H.P.Singh, learned counsel. 2. Briefly stated the facts of the case are that the open meeting of gram sabha for the allotment of fair price shop in question was previously scheduled on 09.09.2024 which for the want of quorum could not be convened. The appellant who was a candidate in the meeting scheduled on 09.09.2024 again filed his candidature in the subsequent open meeting scheduled on 18.09.2024. 3. Thus, the appellant was a