Supriyo Basu And Ors vs West Bengal Housing Board And Ors

The Supreme Court upheld the Calcutta High Court's decision that a writ petition challenging the allotment of car parking spaces was not maintainable against a private society. The Court emphasized that a writ of mandamus can only be issued for enforcing public duties, and since the rights claimed were of a private nature and the Society had no public duty, the petition was dismissed. The Court affirmed that the High Court's technical view was correct in determining the maintainability of the writ petition.