JUDGMENT :

1. Heard Sri Mohammad Mustafa, learned counsel for the petitioner; Shri Awadhesh Kumar Patel, learned Standing Counsel for State-respondents No.1, 2 & 3; Shri Pankaj Kumar Gupta, learned counsel appearing for the Gaon Sabha-respondent No. 4 and perused the material available on record.

2. With the consent of the learned counsel for the parties, the present Writ Petition is decided finally at the stage of first hearing in view of the second proviso to Rule 2 of Chapter XXII of the Allahabad High Court Rules (Rules of the Court, 1952).

3. By means of the present writ petition, the petitioner has prayed for the following relief:

I. Issue a Writ, Order or direction in the nature of certiorari quashing the impugned order/notice dated 13.07.2023, passed by the Respondent No. 3 – Sub-Divisional Magistrate, Shohratgarh, District Siddharth Nagar (Annexure No. 1) to this Writ Petition. II. Issue any other writ, order or direction which this Hon’ble Court may deem fit and proper under the facts and circumstances of the case.

III. Award the cost of the Writ Petition to the Petitioner.

4. Brief facts of the case which are relevant to be stated are that by means of the impugned notice date