WRIT - C No. 3495 of 2026 at Lucknow

HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW WRIT - C No. - 3495 of 2026 Rekha Devi .....Petitioner(s) Versus State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. (Home Deptt.) Lko. And 6 Others .....Respondent(s) Counsel for Petitioner(s) : Pramod Kumar, Sangeeta Verma, Sarojani Misra Counsel for Respondent(s) : C.S.C. Court No. - 5 HON'BLE ALOK MATHUR, J. HON'BLE AMITABH KUMAR RAI, J. 1. Heard Ms Sangeeta Verma, learned counsel for the petitioner and learned Standing Counsel for the respondents no 1 to 3. 2. In view of the order proposed to be passed, notice to private respondents, is dispensed with. 3. It has been submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that the petitioners belongs to Kinnar (Transgender Community) residing within the jurisdiction of Police Station Colonelganj, District Gonda, Uttar Pradesh and have long been exercising the traditional customary / jajmani rights to collect badhai (customary offerings/gifts which are given on auspicious occasions) in a defined territorial jurisdiction for a number of years. It has been submitted that there are similarly other kinnars residing in district Gonda who are also realising the badhai and they are encroaching upon each others territ