# Krishna Kant Mishra v. State of U.P. & Anr

- **Citation:** (2014) 2 ILRA 731
- **Court:** High Court of Judicature at Allahabad
- **Decided:** 2014-05-30
- **Case number:** Civil Misc. Writ Petition (PIL) No. 26711 of 2014
- **Bench:** Dr. Dhananjaya Yeshwant Chandrachud, C.J. Dilip Gupta
- **Source:** https://unisonlegal.in/judgment/allahabad-high-court/krishna-kant-mishra-v-state-of-u-p-anr-42966
- **Pages:** 9

## Headnote

Constitution of India, Art.-226-read with
Registration Act 1908-Section 17(i)(b)-with
power of attorney Act 1982, Section-2-PILSeekind direction to furnish information
with regards to Registration of power of
attorney-reliance
placed
upon
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Registration(Amendment)
Bill,
2013,
circular 03.07.2013 held-such amendment
being contrary to Section 17 of the ActCourt declined to exercise power of
extraordinary jurisdiction-petition dismissed.

Held: Para-26 & 27

## Text

2 All] Krishna Kant Mishra Vs. State of U.P. & Anr.
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satisfaction with regards to existence of a
prima facie case against the accused, upon
consideration
of
the
statements
so
recorded as also the material brought on
record, it cannot be said that there was no
compliance of the amended provisions of
sub section (1) of Section 202 of the Code
of Criminal Procedure.

9. So far as the second submission
of the learned counsel for the applicants is
concerned, the same cannot be accepted
as there are allegations against all the
accused who are husband, father in law
and mother in law of the complainant. As
the
complaint
allegations
and
the
statements made in support thereof as also
the injury report do make out a prima
facie
case
to
proceed
against
the
applicants neither the summoning order
nor the consequential proceedings can be
quashed. The prayer of the applicant to
that extent is therefore rejected.

10. At this stage, the learned counsel
for the applicants submitted that a simple
matrimonial discord between husband and
wife has been given color of a dowry
case.
It
has
been
submitted
that
subsequent to filing of the complaint, the
husband (the applicant no.1) filed a
petition for restitution of conjugal rights,
which was decreed ex parte, thereby
disclosing that the complainant had no
justifiable cause to live separate. It has
been
submitted
that
the
complaint
allegations are nothing but false.

11. Be that as it may, the veracity of
the allegations cannot be tested at this
stage, inasmuch as, at this stage, the
allegations are to be taken at their given
face value. And since from the complaint
allegations and the material in support
thereof a prima facie case to proceed
against the applicants is made out the
proceedings cannot be quashed at the
threshold. However, considering the facts
and circumstances of the case, it is hereby
provided that if the applicants appear
/surrender before the court concerned and
apply for bail, within a period of four
weeks from today, their bail application
shall be considered in accordance with
law laid down in the case of Amrawati
and another Vs. State of U.P.: 2004 (57)
ALR 290, decided by a Full Bench of this
Court, which has been approved by the
Apex Court in the case of Lal Kamlendra
Pratap Singh Vs. State of U.P.: 2009(3)
ADJ 322 (SC).

12. With the aforesaid observations
/directions,
the
application
stands
disposed of.
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ORIGINAL JURISDICTION
CIVIL SIDE
DATED: ALLAHABAD 30.05.2014

BEFORE
THE HON'BLE DR. DHANANJAYA YESHWANT
CHANDRACHUD, C.J.
THE HON'BLE DILIP GUPTA, J.

Civil Misc. Writ Petition (PIL) No. 26711 of 2014

Krishna Kant Mishra ...Petitioner
Versus
State of U.P. & Anr. ...Respondents

Counsel for the Petitioner:
Sri Siddharth Nandan

Counsel for the Respondents:
C.S.C.

Constitution of India, Art.-226-read with
Registration Act 1908-Section 17(i)(b)-with
power of attorney Act 1982, Section-2-PILSeekind direction to furnish information
with regards to Registration of power of
attorney-reliance
placed
upon
732 INDIAN LAW REPORTS ALLAHABAD SERIES
Registration(Amendment)
Bill,
2013,
circular 03.07.2013 held-such amendment
being contrary to Section 17 of the ActCourt declined to exercise power of
extraordinary jurisdiction-petition dismissed.

Held: Para-26 & 27
26. As the law stands today in the
country, and for the reasons which we
have indicated above, it is evident that
the circular that was issued by the
Inspector General of Registration on 3
July 2013 requiring that powers of
attorney be maintained in Book 1 was
contrary to the specific provisions of the
Registration
Act
and
was
correctly
rectified by the subsequent circular
dated 12 February 2014 of the Inspector
General of Registration.

27. For these reasons, we are unable to
interfere
in
the
exercise
of
writ
jurisdiction under Article 226 of the
Constitution but while concluding, would
express our appreciation of the able
assistance which has been rendered to
the Court both by the learned counsel
appearing on behalf of the petitioner and
by the learned Standing Counsel.

Case Law discussed:
(2005) 12 SCC 77; (2012) 1 SCC 656; (2009)
14 SCC 728.

(Delivered by Hon'ble Dr. Dhananjaya
Yeshwant Chandrachud, C.J.)

1. The petitioner states in his
petition
under
Article
226
of
the
Constitution that he is a prospective
purchaser of a plot at George Town, Amar
Nath Jha Marg, Allahabad. The owner of
the plot is stated to have executed a power
of attorney to sell the property. The
petitioner has stated that he approached
the authorities to verify the authenticity of
the power of attorney by an application
dated 2 May 2014. In response to the
application, the petitioner was informed
that powers of attorney are placed in
Book-IV and do not constitute public
documents available for inspection in
view of the provisions of Regulation 254
of the Registration Manual. A circular
dated 3 July 2013 was issued to the effect
that powers of attorney which relate to
immovable property would, in accordance
with the provisions of section 51(2) of the
Registration Act 1908, be placed in BookI. Subsequently, on 12 February 2014, the
Principal
Secretary
(Stamp
&
Registration) issued a communication to
the Inspector General of Registration to
the effect that the earlier circular dated 3
July 2013 was not in accordance with the
legal position in view of the advice which
was tendered by the Law Department.
The petition has been filed in order to
challenge the communication of the
Principal Secretary dated 12 February
2014 and for a mandamus to the
respondents to provide details of the
power of attorney in relation to the plot in
question in respect of which the petitioner
claims, as a prospective purchaser, to be
interested in negotiating a transaction.

2. Before we appreciate the
contentions of the petitioner, at the outset,
it would be necessary to advert to some of
the provisions of the Registration Act,
1908 which have a bearing on the issues
which are raised in these proceedings.

3. Section 17 deals with documents
of which registration is compulsory.
Section 18 provides for documents of
which registration is optional. Section
17(1), which is material to the present
discussion, provides that a document shall
be registered, if the property to which it
relates is situate in a district in which, and
if they have been executed on or after the
date on which Act No.XVI of 1864, or the
Registration Acts of 1866, 1871 or 1877,
2 All] Krishna Kant Mishra Vs. State of U.P. & Anr.
733
or the present Act of 1908 came into force
if the document meets one of the
descriptions
set
out
therein
which
includes the following:-

"17(1)(b). Other non-testamentary
instruments which purport or operate to
create, declare, assign, limit or extinguish,
whether in present or in future, any right,
title or interest, whether vested or
contingent, of the value of one hundred
rupees and upwards, to or in immoveable
property."

4. Clause (b) of section 17(1) refers
to non-testamentary instruments which
purport or operate to create, declare,
assign, limit or extinguish any right, title
or interest, whether vested or contingent,
to or in immovable property. This may be
in present or in future and the right, title
or interest may be vested or contingent.

5. Section 18 which provides for
documents of which registration is
optional refers in clause (f) to "all other
documents not required by Section 17 to
be registered."

6. A power of attorney is defined in
section 1(a) of the Powers of Attorney
Act, 1882 to include any instrument
empowering a specified person to act for
and in the name of the person executing
it. Black's Law Dictionary defines the
term "power of attorney" as follows:-

"An instrument in writing whereby
one person, as principal, appoints another
as his agent and confers authority to
perform certain specified acts or kinds of
acts on behalf of principal. Complaint of
Bankers Trust Co., C.A.Pa., 752 F.2d
874m 885. An instrument authorising
another to act as one's agent or attorney.
The agent is attorney in fact and his
power is revoked on the death of the
principal by operation of law. Such power
may be either general (full) or special
(limited)"1

7. A power of attorney is thus a
written instrument by which one person
who is described as a principal appoints
another as an agent and confers authority
on him to perform certain specified acts
on his behalf. The acts of the agent or
donee bind the person who confers the
authority.

8. Section 2 of the Powers of
Attorney Act, 1882 provides as follows:-

"2. The donee of a power-of-attorney
may, if he thinks fit, execute or do any
instrument or thing in and with his own
name and signature and his own seal,
where sealing is required, by the authority
of the donor of the power; and every
instrument and thing so executed and
done, shall be as effectual in law as if it
had been executed or done by the donee
of the power in the name, and with the
signature and seal, of the donor thereof.
This section applies to powers-of-attorney
created by instruments executed either
before or after this Act comes into force."

9. A power of attorney does not
within the meaning of section 17(1)(b)
purport or operate to create, declare,
assign, limit or extinguish any right, title
or interest to or in immovable property.
Where the donor of the power of attorney
authorises an agent to execute an
instrument, acting on his behalf, which
will have the effect of a transaction in
respect of an immovable property, the
power of attorney does not by itself
constitute
a
creation,
declaration,
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assignment, limitation or extinguishment
of a right, title or interest to or in any
immovable property.

10. These principles are indeed well
settled and it would be material to refer to
some of the leading judgments of the
Supreme Court on the subject. In State of
Rajasthan & Ors. Vs. Basant Nahata2, the
Supreme Court clarified the nature of a
power of attorney in the following
observations:-

"13. A grant of power of attorney is
essentially governed by Chapter X of the
Indian Contract Act. By reason of a deed
of power of attorney, an agent is formally
appointed to act for the principal in one
transaction or a series of transactions or to
manage the affairs of the principal
generally conferring necessary authority
upon another person. A deed of power of
attorney is executed by the principal in
favour of the agent. The agent derives a
right to use his name and all acts, deeds
and things done by him and subject to the
limitations contained in the said deed, the
same shall be read as if done by the
donor. A power of attorney is, as is wellknown, a document of convenience.

14. ..................

Execution of a deed of power of
attorney, therefore, is valid in law and
subject to the provisions of the Act is not
compulsorily registerable."

11. The same principle was laid
down in Suraj Lamp and Industries
Private Limited Vs. State of Haryana &
Anr.3. The relevant observations are:

"A power of attorney is not an
instrument of transfer in regard to any
right, title or interest in an immovable
property. The power of attorney is
creation of an agency whereby the grantor
authorises the grantee to do the acts
specified therein, on behalf of grantor,
which when executed will be binding on
the grantor as if done by him (see Section
1-A and Section 2 of the Powers of
Attorney Act, 1882). It is revocable or
terminable at any time unless it is made
irrevocable in a manner known to law.
Even an irrevocable attorney does not
have the effect of transferring title to the
grantee."

12. Having regard to this position in
law, the Supreme Court held in paragraph
24 of the aforesaid judgment that the
Courts will not treat transactions of the
nature of general power of attorney sales
as completed or concluded transfers or as
conveyances "as they neither convey title
nor create any interest in an immovable
property".

13. Following these decisions of the
Supreme Court, it is clear that a power of
attorney does not require compulsory
registration under section 17(1)(b) for the
simple reason that the donor by the
execution of the document only authorises
the donee to act on his behalf and the
instrument itself does not create, declare,
assign, limit or extinguish any right, title
or interest to or in immovable property.

14. Section 51 of the Registration
Act, 1908 provides as follows:-

"51. Register-books to be kept in the
several offices.-(1) The following books
shall be kept in the several offices
hereinafter named, namely:--

A. In all registration offices-
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735

Book 1. Register of non-testamentary
documents
relating
to
immovable
property;

Book 2. 'Record of reasons for
refusal to register';

Book 3. 'Register of wills and
authorities to adopt', and

Book 4. 'Miscellaneous Register'.

B. In the offices of Registrars--

Book 5. 'Register of deposits of
wills'.

(2) In Book 1 shall be filed true
copies of all documents or memoranda
registered under Sections 17, 18 and 89
which relate to immovable property, and
are not wills:

Provided that where Book is in
electronic form, all documents, other than
wills, registered under aforesaid sections
or true copies thereof, as the case may be,
or memoranda shall be scanned in it and a
printout,
thereof
shall
be
kept
permanently in Book 1.

(3) In Book 4 shall be filed true
copies of all documents registered under
Clauses (d) and (f) of Section 18 which do
not relate to immovable property:

Provided that where Book is in
electronic form, all documents registered
under the aforesaid clauses or their true
copies, as the case may be, shall be
scanned in it and a printout thereof shall
be kept permanently in Book 4.

(4) Nothing in this section shall be
deemed to require more than one set of
books, where the office of the Registrar
has been amalgamated with the office of a
sub-Registrar.

(5) Where due to fire, tempest, flood,
excessive rainfall, violence of any army
or mob, or other irresistible force, any or
all of the books specified in sub-section
(1) are destroyed, or become illegible,
either wholly or partially, and the State
Government is of the opinion that it is
necessary, or expedient so to do so, it
may, by order, direct such book or such
portion thereof, as it thinks fit, to be
recopied, authenticated, or reconstructed
in such manner as may be prescribed, and
the copy so prepared, authenticated or
reconstructed, shall for the purpose of this
Act, and of the Indian Evidence Act,
1872, be deemed to have taken the place
of, and to be the original book or portion."

15. Insofar as the present case is
concerned, the two books which are of
relevance, are Book 1 and Book 4. Book 1
is
a
register
of
non-testamentary
documents
relating
to
immovable
property. Book 4 is a miscellaneous
register. Sub-section (2) of section 51
provides that in Book 1 shall be entered or
filed all documents or memoranda which
are registered under sections 17, 18 and
89, which relate to immovable property
and are not Wills. Sub-section (3) of
section 51 specifies that Book 4 shall
comprise
all
documents
which
are
registered under clause (d) and (f) of
section 18 which do not relate to
immovable property. Clause (d) of section
18 deals with instruments which create,
declare, assign, limit or extinguish any
right, title or interest to or in movable
property. Clause (f), as we have also
noted, deals with all other documents not
required by section 17 to be registered. A
power of attorney is not entered in Book 1
which is maintained under section 51 but
under Book 4 inasmuch as it is optionally
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registerable under section 18(f) and does
not relate to immovable property.

16. Section 32 of the Registration
Act, 1908 provides as follows:-

"32. Persons to present documents
for registration :- Except in the cases
mentioned in Sections 31, 88 and 89,
every document to be registered under
this Act, whether such registration be
compulsory or optional, shall be presented
at the proper registration-office :-

(a) by some person executing or
claiming under the same, or, in the case of
a copy of a decree or order, claiming
under the decree or order, or

(b) by the representative or assign of
such a person, or

(c) by the agent of such a person,
representative or assign, duly authorised
by
power-of-attorney
executed
and
authenticated
in
manner
hereinafter
mentioned."

17. Section 32 provides for the
manner in which a document shall be
presented for registration at the registration
office, where registration is compulsory or
optional. A document has to be presented
for registration by (i) the person executing
or claiming under the document; or (ii) a
representative or assign of the executant; or
(iii)
the
agent
of
the
executant,
representative or assign, duly authorised by
a power of attorney of the assignee executed
and authenticated in the manner thereinafter
mentioned. Consequently, insofar as a
power of attorney is concerned, clause (c) of
section 32 stipulates that when a document
is presented for registration by the agent of
the executant or by a representative or
assign, such power of attorney has to be
executed and authenticated in the manner
which is mentioned thereafter. Section 32A
provides for the affixation of a photograph
and fingerprint to the document.

18. Section 33 provides as follows:-

"33. Power-of-attorney recognizable
for purposes of section 32. - (1) For the
purposes of section 32, the following
powers-of-attorney
shall
alone
be
recognized, namely: -

(a) if the principal at the time of
executing the power-of-attorney resides in
any part of India in which this Act is for
the time being in force, a power-ofattorney
executed
before
and
authenticated by the Registrar or SubRegistrar within whose district or subdistrict the principal resides;

(b) if the principal at the time
aforesaid resides in any part of India in
which this Act is not in force, a power-ofattorney
executed
before
and
authenticated by any Magistrate;

(c) if the principal at the time
aforesaid does not reside in India, a
power-of-attorney executed before and
authenticated by a Notary Public, or any
Court, Judge, Magistrate, Indian Consul
or Vice-Consul, or representative of the
Central Government:

Provided that the following persons
shall not be required to attend at any
registration-office
or
Court
for
the
purpose of executing any such power-ofattorney as is mentioned in clauses (a) and
(b) of this section, namely:--

(i) persons who by reason of bodily
infirmity are unable without risk or
serious inconvenience so to attend;

(ii) persons who are in jail under
civil or criminal process; and
2 All] Krishna Kant Mishra Vs. State of U.P. & Anr.
737

(iii) persons exempt by law from
personal appearance in court.

Explanation.--In
this
sub-section
"India" means India, as defined in clause
(28) of section 3 of the General Clauses
Act, 1897 (10 of 1897).

(2) In the case of every such person
the
Registrar
or
Sub-Registrar
or
Magistrate, as the case may be, if satisfied
that the power-of-attorney has been
voluntarily executed by the person
purporting to be the principal, may attest
the same without requiring his personal
attendance
at
the
office
or
Court
aforesaid.

(3) To obtain evidence as to the
voluntary nature of the execution, the
Registrar or Sub-Registrar or Magistrate
may either himself go to the house of the
person purporting to be the principal, or to
the jail in which he is confined, and
examine him, or issue a commission for
his examination.

(4)
Any
power-of-attorney
mentioned in this section may be proved
by the production of it without further
proof when it purports on the face of it to
have
been
executed
before
and
authenticated by the person or Court
hereinbefore mentioned in that behalf."

19. Section 33 stipulates a situation
under which alone, powers of attorney
would be recognised for the purpose of
section 32. Under clause (a) where a
principal resides in India, the power of
attorney has to be executed before and
authenticated by the Registrar or SubRegistrar within whose district or subdistrict the principal resides. Clause (c)
deals with a situation where the principal
does not reside in India with which we are
not concerned in these proceedings.
Under sub-section (2) of section 33, the
Registrar or Sub-Registrar in the case of
every such person, if satisfied, that the
power of attorney has been voluntarily
executed by the person purporting to be
the principal may attest it without
requiring his personal attendance at the
office or the Court aforesaid.

20. In Rajni Tandon Vs. Dulal
Ranjan Ghosh Dastida & Anr.4, the
Supreme Court has held that it is only in a
case where the person who has signed the
document cannot present it before the
registering officer and furnishes a power
of attorney to another to present the
document that section 33 comes into
operation. It is only in such a case that the
power of attorney has to be executed or
authenticated in the manner which is
provided in section 33(1)(a). Section 32,
when read together with section 33 would
thus make it abundantly clear that where a
person who has executed the instrument is
unable to remain present before the
registering officer for the purpose of
presenting the document for registration
and the document is presented by the
holder of a power of attorney, the power
of attorney has to be executed and
authenticated in the manner which is
provided for in section 33(1)(a).

21. The situation which has arisen as
a result of these provisions of the
Registration Act, 1908 has caused a
serious lacuna in the law since, as a result
of the provisions as they now stand, a
power of attorney is not compulsorily
registerable
under
section
17(1)(b).
Moreover, since the power is not
compulsorily registerable under section
17, it is not required to be placed in Book
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1. Even a power of attorney which has
been registered optionally under section
18 is not entered in Book 1 since Book 1
requires
only
those
documents
or
memoranda registered under sections 17,
18 and 89 which relate to immovable
property and are not wills to be entered
therein. This imposes a serious hurdle in
the way of a prospective buyer in carrying
out due diligence in respect of a
transaction which is proposed to be
entered into on the strength of a power of
attorney. A power of attorney is placed in
Book 4 if it is registered under clause (f)
of section 18. If the power of attorney is
not registered at all, it is impossible for
the prospective buyer to conduct a proper
due diligence in respect of a property with
which the buyer intends to deal. Even if
the power of attorney is registered under
section 18(f), it is maintained in Book 4
of which inspection is not contemplated
by the Registration Manual and by section
57 of the Registration Act, 1908. Section
57 provides as follows:-

"57. Registering officers to allow
inspection of certain books and indexes,
and to give certified copies of entries. -
(1) Subject to the previous payment of the
fees payable in that behalf, the Books
Nos. 1 and 2 and the Indexes relating to
Book No. 1 shall be at all time open to
inspection by any person applying to
inspect the same; and, subject to the
provisions of section 62, copies or entries
in such books shall be given to all persons
applying for such copies.

(2) Subject to the same provisions,
copies of entries in Book No. 3 and in the
Index relating thereto shall be given to the
persons executing the documents to which
such entries relate, or to their agents, and
after the death of the executants (but not
before) to any person applying for such
copies.

(3) Subject to the same provisions,
copies of entries in Book No. 4 and in the
Index relating thereto shall be given to
any person executing or claiming under
the documents to which such entries
respectively refer, or to his agent or
representative.

(4) The requisite search, under this
section for entries in Book Nos. 3. and 4
shall be made only by the registering
officer.

(5) All copies given under this
section shall be signed and sealed by the
registering officer, and shall be admissible
for the purpose of proving the contents of
the original documents."

22. Under sub-section (1) of section
57, inspection is contemplated in respect
of Books 1 and 2 by any person applying
for inspection. Copies of entries in Book 4
can be given to any person executing or
claiming under the document to which the
entries
refer
or
to
his
agent
or
representative.
There
has
been
a
recognition of the serious hurdle which
we shall shortly note. In the State of Uttar
Pradesh, Regulation 254 stipulates that
Book 4 is a miscellaneous register in
which are to be copied all documents
registered under clauses (d) and (f) of
section 18 which do not relate to
immovable property. Regulation 254
specifies that Book 4 is not open to public
inspection, nor are its indices; and copies
of entries are provided only to parties
executing or claiming under the document
to which such entries relate or to their
agents or representatives. Regulation 258
deals with Book 6 which is the register for
2 All] Ravindra Pratap Singh Vs. State of U.P. & Ors.
739
recording brief abstracts of those powers
of attorney which are authenticated under
section 33(a). Regulation 258 clarifies
that when a power of attorney is
registered, it has to be copied in full in the
register like any other document.

23. The Registration (Amendment)
Bill, 20135 was introduced in the Rajya
Sabha to amend the provisions of the
Registration
Act,
1908.
The
Bill
contemplates inter alia the insertion of a
specific provision in section 17 of the
Registration Act, 1908 to the following
effect:

"(i) power of attorny authorising
transfer of immovable property with or
without consideration."

24. The statement of objects and
reasons accompanying the introduction of
the Bill in fact highlights the reason why
it has been considered necessary to
propose the amendment to section 17 by
providing compulsory registration of
powers of attorney :

"At present the Power of Attorney is
optionally registrable. Many unscrupulous
elements have found an ingenious way to
avoid the registration and transfer the
immovable properties through this Power
of Attorney. The Act does not contain the
provision
for
recovery
of
deficit
registration fees or refund of the excess
registration
fees
collected
by
the
Registering Officer."

25.

The
Bill
is
pending
consideration. The Bill, when passed into
law would answer the pressing need to
ensure the due protection of prospective
buyers across the country while entering
into transactions for the sale and purchase
of immovable property when they deal
with a person who holds a power of
attorney. The proposed amendment is, if
we may say so, a step in the right
direction and commends itself as a
measure which would obviate a serious
loophole that has been exploited by
unscrupulous persons at the cost of
unaware purchasers.

26. As the law stands today in the
country, and for the reasons which we
have indicated above, it is evident that the
circular that was issued by the Inspector
General of Registration on 3 July 2013
requiring that powers of attorney be
maintained in Book 1 was contrary to the
specific provisions of the Registration Act
and was correctly rectified by the
subsequent circular dated 12 February
2014 of the Inspector General of
Registration.

27. For these reasons, we are unable
to interfere in the exercise of writ
jurisdiction under Article 226 of the
Constitution but while concluding, would
express our appreciation of the able
assistance which has been rendered to the
Court both by the learned counsel
appearing on behalf of the petitioner and
by the learned Standing Counsel.

28. The writ petition is, accordingly,
dismissed.
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ORIGINAL JURISDICTION
CIVIL SIDE
DATED: ALLAHABAD 20.05.2014

BEFORE
THE HON'BLE VINEET SARAN, J.
THE HON'BLE NAHEED ARA MOONIS, J.

Civil Misc. Writ Petition No. 29757 of 2013

Ravindra Pratap Singh ...Petitioner