[2026:RJ-JD:9048]

HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE FOR RAJASTHAN AT JODHPUR S.B. Civil Writ Petition No. 23862/2025 Arun Maheshwari S/o Shri Harikrishn Ji, Aged About 72 Years, R/

o 77, Modern Complex, Bhuwana Road, Udaipur, Rajasthan.

----Petitioner Versus

1. State Of Rajasthan, Through The Secretary Urban Development And Housing Department, Jaipur, Rajasthan.

2. The Commissioner, Udaipur Development Authority, Udaipur, Rajasthan.

3. The District Collector, Udaipur.

4. The Tehsildar, Badgaon, District Udaipur, Rajasthan.

5. Gaurav Babel S/o Shri Lalit Kumar Babel, R/o 5-A, New Ashok Nagar, Udaipur (Raj.).

----Respondents For Petitioner(s) : Mr. Mohit Sharma For Respondent(s) : Mr. Vijay Purohit HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE KULDEEP MATHUR

Order

18/02/2026 By way of filing the present writ petition, the petitioner has prayed for the following reliefs:-

“It is, therefore, humbly and respectfully prayed that this writ petition of the petitioner may kindly be allowed:-

A. By an appropriate writ, order or direction, Issue an appropriate writ of mandamus directing Respondent Nos. 1 and 2 to decide the petitioner's application dated 04.09.2025 (Annex.09) strictly in accordance with law, after affording opportunity of hearing.

B. By an appropriate writ, order or direction, Issue a writ of certiorari / mandamus directing the respondents to examine the legality of conversion, layout approval and pattas issued in relation to Khasra Nos. 364, 366 and 367, and to initiate cancellation proceedings against all pattas issued in violation of statutory provisions.

C. By an appropriate writ, order or direction, Declare that no layout plan / patta / development work shall be permitted or undertaken on the subject land until existence of a lawful public approach road is established in accordance with law.

D. By an appropriate writ, order or direction, Direct initiation of appropriate disciplinary and legal proceedings against erring officials responsible for issuing pattas based on false reports, forged or fabricated entries and against statutory norms.

E. By an appropriate writ, order or direction, Restrain respondent no.4 from claiming any patta or development right on the 12.5% exempted land, including Plot No. 07.

F. Grant any other order(s), direction(s) or relief(s) deemed just, proper and equitable in the facts and circumstances of the case.

G. Writ petition filed by the petitioner may kindly be allowed with costs.”

2. At the outset, learned counsel for the petitioner makes a limited submission that the respondent Department may be directed to consider and decide the representation dated 04.09.2025 (Annexure-09), submitted by the petitioner before the Secretary, Udaipur Development Authority, Udaipur, as expeditiously as possible.

3. Learned counsel for the respondents submits that since the petitioner has confined his prayer only to the consideration of the aforesaid representation dated 04.09.2025 (Annexure-09), he has no objection if the limited prayer made on behalf of the petitioner is accepted.

4. Accordingly, it is ordered that the Secretary, Udaipur Development Authority, Udaipur, shall consider and decide the representation dated 04.09.2025 (Annexure-09) submitted by the petitioner, strictly in accordance with law, as expeditiously as possible, preferably within a period of eight weeks from the date of production of a certified copy of this order.

5. It is made clear that the aforesaid direction has been issued only to ensure expeditious consideration of the petitioner’s grievance and shall not be construed as a direction to decide the representation in any particular manner.

6. The stay petition and all pending applications, if any, also stand disposed of.

(KULDEEP MATHUR),J

101-divya/-