WRIT - C No. 18970 of 2026 at Allahabad

HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD WRIT - C No. - 18970 of 2026 Dr. Wasim Ahmad Siddiqui .....Petitioner(s) Versus Union Of India And 4 Others .....Respondent(s) Counsel for Petitioner(s) : Irshad Saleem, Sr. Advocate Counsel for Respondent(s) : A.S.G.I., C.S.C., Shiv Kumar Pal Court No. - 21 HON'BLE MAHESH CHANDRA TRIPATHI, J. HON'BLE KUNAL RAVI SINGH, J. 1. Heard Sri Niyaz Chaudhary, learned Senior Counsel assisted by Sri Irshad Saleem, learned counsel for the petitioner; Sri Fuzail Ahmad Ansari, learned Standing Counsel for State-respondents and Sri Shiv Kumar Pal, learned counsel for 1, 4 and 5. 2. The instant writ petition has been preferred, inter alia, for the following reliefs: "i) Issue a writ order or direction in the nature of certiorari quashing the illegal demolition action of respondent nos. 1, 4 and 5 and further to provide rehabilitation/resettlement of petitioner. ii) Issue a writ order or direction in the nature of mandamus directing/commanding the respondent nos. 1, 4 and 5 to forthwith give compensation to the petitioner at the market rate of petitioner's portion of plot No.220/1 and cost of construction of House No.163-B/1, (Varandah, Kitchen Toilet etc. in