...Justice Kurian Joseph, C.J (Oral)The writ petition is filed with the following prayers:“i) That a writ of mandamus may very kindly be issued and respondents...hearing to the petitioner and the 4 respondent within a period of three months from the date of production of copy of this judgment alongwith copy of writ petition by the petitioner before the 3...respondent. It will be open to both the parties to take all available contentions before the 3 respondent.3. With these observations, writ petition is disposed of, so also the pending applications, if any....

...1. By way of this petition under Article 32 of the Constitution of India, the following reliefs are sought:“a. Issue a writ of mandamus or...all communications sent by the state tax officers to taxpayers and other concerned persons;b. Issue a writ of mandamus or any other appropriate writ, order or direction...to the GST Council to consider and take a policy decision in respect of implementation of DIN system by all the states;c. Issue a writ of mandamus or any other appropriate...

...the Constitution presented by the appellant for the issue of a writ of mandamus against the State of Madhya Bharat and its officers, the Special Tax Commissioner and the Assessing Officer...writ petition praying for the issue of a writ of mandamus against the State of Madhya Bharat and the other respondents, directing them to perform their statutory duty and/or to refund or cause to be...the writ of mandamus could not be issued for the purpose of refund of the tax wrongly realised as held by the Appellate Authority as that would amount to ordering the execution of the decisions of the...

...and further issuing a writ of mandamus, commanding the appellants - competent authority to prepare the eligibility list of the 1...issued the writ of mandamus commanding the competent authority to prepare the eligibility list of Superintending Engineer (Civil) including the names of the original writ petitioners for promotion to...Rules, 1990. 4.1 It is submitted that grant of relaxation under the Relaxation Rules, 2006 is discretionary and no writ of mandamus can be issued directing the competent...

...for which other remedies are available, insofar as the issuance of a writ of mandamus is concerned, this Court held in Union of India v. S.B. Vohra [Union of India v. S.B. Vohra..., paras 12-13) “12. Mandamus literally means a command. The essence of mandamus in England was that it was a royal command issued by the King's Bench (now Queen's Bench) directing performance of a public legal duty. 13. A writ of...mandamus is issued in favour of a person who establishes a legal right in himself. A writ of mandamus is issued against a person who has a legal duty to perform but has failed and/or neglected to do so. Such a legal duty emanates from either in discharge of a public duty or by operation of law. The writ of...

...agree that the appeal has to be allowed and the decision of the High Court set aside.17. A writ petition under the guise of seeking a writ of mandamus directing the...for it, or that the police authorities are not giving him the needed protection in terms of the decree or order passed by a court with jurisdiction. But, it is quite another thing to seek a writ of mandamus directing...be an abuse of process for a writ petitioner to approach the High Court under Article 226 of the Constitution seeking a writ of mandamus directing the police authorities to protect his claimed...

.... CITATION: 1957 AIR 529 1957 SCR 738 ACT: Writ of mandamus-Disputed questions of fact and law-Dispute regarding title-Whether...writ of mandamus. There was a serious dispute on questions of fact between the parties and also whether j had acquired any title to the property in dispute. Proceedings by way of a Writ were not...a Civil Court. The alternative remedy of obtaining relief by a 739 writ of mandamus or an order in the nature of mandamus could only be had if the facts were not in dispute and the title to the. property in dispute was clear. As the eviction of J was illegal on account of the failure to give him notice under S. 3 Of the Public Premises 1 Eviction Act a writ of...

.... The prayer in the writ petitions is for a mandamus directing the respondents to take into account the services of the petitioners from the date of their initial entry i.e, from the date of appointment...issue of writ of mandamus is to compel performance of a legal duty. A mandamus will be issued to a person aggrieved who approaches the Court, if he makes out (i) existence of a legal right in him and a...for the issue of a Writ of Mandamus is concerned, it should always be preceded by a demand and refusal.”5. In these petitions, there is no averment that the petitioners had made a demand...

...being unlawful, illegal, mala fide and arbitrary. The High Court accepted the respondent's claim and allowed the writ petition issuing a writ of mandamus directing the Revenue to pay interest @ 12% on...Constitution, and on which the writ of mandamus was issued by the High Court. The question, therefore, is whether there was a foundation laid in the writ petition for issuance of a writ of mandamus.3...statutory or legal basis for making the claim of interest indicated in the writ petition to furnish a ground for issuance of a writ of mandamus. We may also add that the Tribunal's order did not by itself...

...writ of mandamus in the following terms:“…….Therefore I most respectfully pray that this Hon'ble Court may be pleased to direct the Respondent No. 1 to appoint the...this Hon'ble Court.Therefore I most respectfully pray that this Hon'ble Court may be pleased to issue writ of mandamus or any other Writ or direction or order in nature of...5. Ms. Aishwarya Bhati, learned ASG urged in support of the Civil Appeal that the High Court has issued a writ of mandamus which in substance directs the legislature to...

...exercise of the power of judicial review. In State of Bombay v.K.P Krishnan AIR 1960 SC 1223, (1961) 1 SCR 227, (1960) 2 LLJ 592 it was held that a writ of mandamus would lie against the Government if the...justified in issuing a writ of mandamus even in respect of an administrative order. Maybe, the Court may not issue writ of mandamus, directing the Government to make a reference but the Court can after...irrelevant, extraneous or not germane to the determination, it is well-settled that the party aggrieved thereby would be entitled to move the Court for a writ of mandamus. (See Bombay Union of Journalists v...

...: (i) “To issue a Writ of mandamus or any other appropriate Writ or order or direction directing the 4th Respondent to consider Ext.P2 and pass orders after hearing any one of the Petitioners...and the 7th Respondent before issuing any permit/licence to the 7th Respondent for establishing a Metal Crusher Unit. (ii) To issue a Writ of mandamus or any other appropriate Writ or...Alexander Thomas, J.:— The case set up in the Writ Petition (Civil) is as follows: That the Petitioners are residing in a Harijan colony which consists of 25 families...

...A.N Ray, C.J— This appeal by special leave turns on the question whether the State can be asked by a writ of mandamus to make a reference under Section 10(1) of the...Article 226 of the Constitution applied for a writ of mandamus directing the State to make a reference. The High Court dismissed the application.5. The appellant..., (1964) 6 SCR 22, (1964) 1 LLJ 351 this Court said that in entertaining an application for a writ of mandamus against an order made by the appropriate Government under Section 10(1) read with...

...the State and perused the record. 10. The core issue raised herein is whether a writ of mandamus can be issued under Article 226 of the Constitution of India directing the...Constitution Bench decision of Lalita Kumari (supra). The State has taken serious objection and submitted that the Writ Court should have declined issuance of writ of mandamus for the reason of...Cr.P.C., writ of mandamus can be issued to police authorities to perform their statutory duty under Sections 154(1) Cr.P.C. in a petition complaining non-registration of FIR despite furnishing...

...the Constitution of India, issued a writ of mandamus directing the appellant - Bank to positively consider the original writ petitioner's application for One Time Settlement (OTS), the Bank...a period of four weeks. At this stage, it is required to be noted that in the said writ petition, the original writ petitioner also prayed for a writ of mandamus directing the Bank to give the...application for grant of benefit of OTS and also prayed for a writ of mandamus to direct the Bank to give the benefit of OTS issued vide Circular Nos. C-108 and C-121.7. The...

...1. Present writ petition has been filed with the following prayers:— “Issue a writ of mandamus or any other writ or direction or orders to the...petitioner is given liberty to seek revival of the present writ petition and to file contempt proceedings. It is made clear that, in the event, any documents are asked for by the Land Acquisition Collector..., South East, the same shall be provided by the petitioner within a week. 5. With the aforesaid directions and liberty, present writ petition stands disposed of...

.... 1438 of 1959 for grant of (1) a writ of certiorari for quashing the order dated December 15, 1959 — Ex. P-13 — and the proceedings dated December 18, 1959 — Ex. P-16, (2) a writ of mandamus directing...Respondents 1 and 2 to handover possession of the two business concerns including the premises, stock-in-trade all records etc. to the appellant, and (3) a writ of mandamus or appropriate writ or order...for in prayer (1) and (2) but refusal prayer (3) for a writ of mandamus restraining the respondents from selling the business by public auction. Against the order of the Single Judge the respondents...

...herein is whether a writ of mandamus can be issued under Article 226 of the Constitution of India directing the...(2014) 2 SCC 1 whereas in other cases the Writ Court has declined issuance of writ of mandamus for the reason of availability of statutory remedy under Section 154...:- (i) Whether in the face of remedies u/s 154(3), 156(3), 190 & 200 Cr.P.C. writ of mandamus can be issued to police authorities to perform their statutory duty u/s 154(1) Cr.P.C...

...writ of mandamus ordaining the Commissioner to grant the licence to Messrs Majestic Bottling Company. He further upheld the order of the Commissioner rejecting the application of Messrs Chingleput...that learned Single Judge was justified not only in quashing the same but in issuing a writ of mandamus directing the Commissioner to grant the licence in favour of Messrs Majestic Bottling Company....11. There are really two questions that fall for determination. The first is as to the jurisdiction of the High Court to issue a writ of mandamus. It is said that the grant...

...following relief(s):— “i) Issue a writ of mandamus directing the respondents to implement the order passed in CWP No. 4279 of 2019 i.e. Annexure P-6 qua the petitioner thereby allowing the...petitioner to continue with the studies and appearing in the examination being conducted by the respondent Number 2 under the open schooling i.e. “SOS”. ii) Issue a writ of mandamus directing.... 1 and respondent No. 2, respectively. No notice need be issued to respondent No. 3 at this stage. 2. By way of the present writ petition, the petitioner has mainly sought the...