JUDGMENT :

Ramesh Sinha, C.J.

1. The petitioner has prayed for the following reliefs :

“(i) Call for the relevant records of the case.

(ii) Declare the impugned Cabinet meeting decision dated 10.01.2024 with regard to formulation and implementation of 'Shri Ramlala Darshan (Ayodhya Dham) Scheme as Ultra Vires and unconstitutional.

(iii) Pass appropriate order/direction in nature of writ of certiorari to the respondents quashing and setting-aside the relevant part of impugned Cabinet meeting dated 10.01.2024 which approved and passed 'Shree Ramlala Darshan (Ayodhya Dham) Scheme".

(iv) Declare the impugned 'Shri Ramlala Darshan (Ayodhya Dham) Scheme as Ultra Vires and unconstitutional.

(v) Pass appropriate order/direction in nature of writ of certiorari to the respondents quashing and setting aside the 'Shri Ramlala Darshan (Ayodhya Dham) Scheme.

(vi) Pass any other order(s) which this Hon'ble Court may deem fit and proper in the facts and circumstances of the present case.”

2. Challenge in this petition is to the Cabinet meeting decision dated 10.01.2024 alongwith the 'Shri Ramlala Darshan (Ayodhya Dham) Scheme (for short, the Scheme) which provides for free Pilgrimage to Ayodhya, Uttar Prad