Court : Allahabad
Reported in : AIR1951All228
Sankar Saran, J.1. This is an appln. under Article 226, Const. Ind. for the issue of a writ of mandamus & a writ of prohibition.2. The petnr. has come up to this Ct. with the allegation that he is a citizen of India & is the proprietor of a zamindari in the district of Allahabad & that he & his ancestors have held it for the last 200 years & that he continued to hold it on 26-1-1950. He has moved this Ct. because, according to him, the Zamindari Abolition & Land Reforms Bill is a proposed piece of legislation which completely deprives the appct. of the property which he has a right 'to hold A dispose of' as he likes, that the opposite parties who are the State of Uttar Pradesh, the Minister of Revenue & the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh are legally not providing adequate & reasonable compensation & that the acquisition of his zamindari property is not 'an acquisition but a scheme of nationalisation' which is not contemplated under the Constitution, nor can it be said to be an 'acquis...
Tag this Judgment!Court : Allahabad
Reported in : AIR1951All257
..... having no particular ground, for claiming such performance, will not be sufficient grounds for granting a mandamus. [r. v. london city assessment committee, (1907) 2 k.b. 764; jatindra mohan sen v. h.e. a. cotton : air1925cal48 .459. not only must it appear that the applicant is himself a person having a real interest in the performance of the duty sought .....
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