WRIT - C No. 12619 of 2025 at Lucknow

A.F.R. HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW WRIT - C No. - 12619 of 2025 Sujeet Kumar .....Petitioner(s) Versus State Of U.P. Thru. Collector Distt. Gonda And 4 Others .....Respondent(s) Counsel for Petitioner(s) : Faiz Ahmad Khan, Nitin Srivastava Counsel for Respondent(s) : C.S.C. Court No. - 17 HON'BLE SUBHASH VIDYARTHI, J. 1. Heard Shri Nitin Srivastava, the learned counsel for the petitioner, Shri Ram Kumar Maurya, the learned Standing Counsel for the State of U.P. representing the opposite parties no.1 to 4 and Shri Saurabh Tiwari, the learned counsel for the opposite party No.5. 2. By means of the instant petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, the petitioner has challenged the validity of an order dated 31.07.2025 passed by the Deputy Commissioner (Food), Devipatan Mandal, Gonda in Case no.839 of 2024 filed under Para 13(3) of U.P. Essential Commodities (Regulation of Sale and Distribution Control) Order, 2016. 3. The appeal was filed by the opposite party No.5 against an order dated 12.03.2024 passed by the S.D.M., Mankapur, Gonda rejecting the application filed by the opposite party No.5 for allotment of fair price shop in Village- Bairipur