PUBLIC INTEREST LITIGATION (PIL) No. 102 of 2026 at Lucknow

HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW PUBLIC INTEREST LITIGATION (PIL) No. - 102 of 2026 Theater And Film Welfare Association Thru. Secretary Shri Dabeer Siddiqui .....Petitioner(s) Versus State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Deptt. Of Culture Lko. And 9 Others .....Respondent(s) Counsel for Petitioner(s) : Sabita Lahiri, Sumayya Kidwai Counsel for Respondent(s) : C.S.C., Isha Singh Court No. - 1 HON'BLE RAJAN ROY, J. HON'BLE AMITABH KUMAR RAI, J. 1. Heard Ms. Sabita Lahiri, learned counsel for the petitioner, learned Additional Chief Standing Counsel for the State and Shri S.K. Yadav Warsi, learned Senior Advocate assisted by Ms. Isha Singh, learned counsel for the opposite parties no. 2, 4, 5 and 6. 2. This is a writ petition styled as public interest litigation seeking the following reliefs:- (I) issue a writ, order or direction in the nature of Mandamus, commanding the concerned Opposite Parties to initiate an independent, impartial and time-bound enquiry into the allegations of financial irregularities, misappropriation, non-transparent transactions, abuse of official position and other illegalities in the functioning of the Bhatkhande Sanskriti Vishwavidyalaya, particularl