Supreme Court of India Today (June 16) said Samajwadi Party can go to Allahabad High Court again about the eviction of its Pilibhit office. The court refused the old petition but allowed a fresh legal challenge.
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NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court of India today gave a new legal route to the Samajwadi Party (SP) to challenge the removal of its district office located in Pilibhit, Uttar Pradesh. The court clearly said that the party is allowed to file a fresh case in the Allahabad High Court, even though the court dismissed its earlier Special Leave Petition (SLP).
Earlier, a personal petition had been filed by one individual, Yadav, regarding this matter. But when the Samajwadi Party went to the Supreme Court, it explained that the previous case was filed by Yadav in his personal capacity and not by the party itself.
The SP said that it was not a party in the earlier case, and requested the top court to cancel that High Court decision and let the party fight the eviction case properly in court.
The Supreme Court refused to cancel the old High Court order, pointing out that there was a long delay of nearly 1,000 days in filing this petition.
The bench of Justice Manoj Misra and Justice P.B. Varale said that this delay was too much and so the court would not interfere.
Even then, the court made it very clear that the Samajwadi Party can still approach the Allahabad High Court again, but this time independently and not as part of Yadav’s old case.
The court stressed that the previous dismissal does not stop the party from filing its own legal case.
Justice Misra directly addressed the lawyer for the Samajwadi Party and clearly said:
“You are free to go to the High Court. Nothing in the earlier proceedings prevents the party itself from filing a fresh challenge.”
CASE TITLE:
THE SAMAAJWADI PARTY Vs THE STATE OF UTTAR PRADESH
Diary No. 7440 / 2025
BACKGROUND
The Samajwadi Party earlier today approached the Supreme Court regarding the cancellation of its office allotment in Pilibhit, Uttar Pradesh.
In a special leave petition (SLP) submitted to the Supreme Court, the party challenges the validity of a decision made by the Allahabad High Court.
This decision dismissed a writ petition that was filed by the then District President of the Samajwadi Party in an individual capacity, ruling that no liberty would be granted to file a new petition on the same issue.
The SLP asserts that the former District President acted independently and did not have authorization from the party when initiating the legal proceedings.
It further states that the “Samajwadi Party wishes to contest the ill-conceived, abrupt and illegal decisions” made by the Pilibhit Nagar Palika Parishad but is hindered from doing so due to the High Court’s ruling preventing a new filing on the matter.
The SLP explains that since the party did not have an office in Pilibhit, it was allotted the premises in question in 2020, and a Letter of Possession was subsequently issued by the Pilibhit Nagar Palika Parishad.
However, in an order from 2020, the Executive Officer noted that proper procedures had not been followed for the property’s allotment, including the failure to conduct a public auction and register the rent agreement.
The SLP argues,
“The officials of Nagar Palika Parishad, Pilibhit as well as the Executive Officer, Nagar Palika Parishad, Pilibhit had neither given an opportunity of hearing to the Petitioner nor have they considered the facts or the law relevant in this case, before passing the Order,”
It also mentions that the party has consistently paid the annual rent, with payments made up to January 2021.
The petition claims that since the cancellation proceedings were not governed by the Public Premises Act, the Executive Officer’s order is beyond jurisdiction, as the allotment was made by the board of the Pilibhit Nagar Palika Parishad.
Additionally, it alleges that under political pressure, the Executive Officer and his associates have unlawfully interfered with the operation of the party’s office, making numerous attempts to forcibly close it down.
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