WRIT - C No. 12590 of 2026 at Allahabad

HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD WRIT - C No. - 12590 of 2026 Krishna Swyam Sahayta Samooh .....Petitioner(s) Versus State Of U.P. And 3 Others .....Respondent(s) Counsel for Petitioner(s) : Prem Sagar Verma, Tripathi B.G.Bhai Counsel for Respondent(s) : C.S.C., Somveer Court No. - 37 HON'BLE VINOD DIWAKAR, J. 1. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned Standing Counsel for the State. 2. The instant petitioner has been filed for quashing the impugned order dated 16.2.2026, passed by the respondent no.2 in Case No. 2087 of 2024, titled Sopali v. State of U.P. & Ors, arising out of proceeding under Section 13(1) of Uttar Pradesh Essential Commodities (Regulation of Sale and Distribution Control) Order 2016, whereby the Fair Price Shop of the respondent no.4 has been restored without affording any affording any opportunity of hearing to the petitioner who is the subsequent allottee of the fair price shop in question situated in Gram Panchayat Budhana, District Agra. 3. In brief the facts of the case are that the petitioner is a self-help group represented by its Chairperson, Sunita Devi. Under the Government Order dated 07.07.2020, preference is to be given to self-he