Allahabad High Court
U.P. State Industrial Development ... vs Ravi Sharma on 20 August, 2025
Author: Pankaj Bhatia
Bench: Pankaj Bhatia
HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD, LUCKNOW BENCH ?Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC-LKO:48827 Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC-LKO:48827 Court No. - 6 Case :- RERA APPEAL No. - 34 of 2024 Appellant :- U.P. State Industrial Development Authority, Unnao Thru. Project Officer Respondent :- Ravi Sharma Counsel for Appellant :- Kartikey Dubey Counsel for Respondent :- Mohd.Murtaza Khan,Deepak Dwivedi With Case :- RERA APPEAL No. - 35 of 2024 Appellant :- U.P. State Industrial Development Authority Unnao (U.P.) Thru. Its Project Officer Respondent :- Alpana Dwivedi Counsel for Appellant :- Kartikey Dubey Counsel for Respondent :- Mohd.Murtaza Khan,Deepak Dwivedi With Case :- RERA APPEAL No. - 37 of 2024 Appellant :- U.P. State Industrial Development Authority , Trans Ganga City Unnao Thru. Project Officer Respondent :- Rakesh Kumar Verma Counsel for Appellant :- Kartikey Dubey Counsel for Respondent :- Mohd.Murtaza Khan,Deepak Dwivedi With Case :- RERA APPEAL No. - 38 of 2024 Appellant :- U.P. State Industrial Development Authority Thru. Project Officer Respondent :- Jeetendra Kumar Counsel for Appellant :- Kartikey Dubey Counsel for Respondent :- Mohd.Murtaza Khan,Deepak Dwivedi With Case :- RERA APPEAL No. - 39 of 2024 Appellant :- U.P. State Industrial Development Authority , Trans Ganga City Unnao Thru. Project Officer Respondent :- Amit Singh Counsel for Appellant :- Kartikey Dubey Counsel for Respondent :- Mohd.Murtaza Khan,Deepak Dwivedi With Case :- RERA APPEAL No. - 40 of 2024 Appellant :- U.P. State Industrial Development Authority Thru. Project Officer Respondent :- Sunil Kumar Counsel for Appellant :- Kartikey Dubey Counsel for Respondent :- Mohd.Murtaza Khan,Deepak Dwivedi With Case :- RERA APPEAL No. - 41 of 2024 Appellant :- U.P. State Industrial Development Authority Trans Gang City Unnao Thru. Its Project Officer Respondent :- Archana Shukla Counsel for Appellant :- Kartikey Dubey Counsel for Respondent :- Mohd.Murtaza Khan,Deepak Dwivedi With Case :- RERA APPEAL No. - 42 of 2024 Appellant :- U.P. State Industrial Development Authority , Trans Ganga City Unnao Thru. Project Officer Respondent :- Raghvendra Singh Counsel for Appellant :- Kartikey Dubey Counsel for Respondent :- Mohd.Murtaza Khan,Deepak Dwivedi With Case :- RERA APPEAL No. - 44 of 2024 Appellant :- U.P. State Industrial Development Authority Trans Gang City Unnao Thru. Its Project Officer Respondent :- Vandana Jaiswal Counsel for Appellant :- Kartikey Dubey Counsel for Respondent :- Mohd.Murtaza Khan,Deepak Dwivedi With Case :- RERA APPEAL No. - 47 of 2024 Appellant :- U.P. State Industrial Development Authority, Unnao Thru. Senior Project Officer Respondent :- Akhilesh Chandra Saxena Counsel for Appellant :- Kartikey Dubey Counsel for Respondent :- Mohd.Murtaza Khan,Deepak Dwivedi With Case :- RERA APPEAL No. - 48 of 2024 Appellant :- U.P. State Industrial Development Authority , Trans Ganga City Unnao Thru. Project Officer Respondent :- Laxmi Devi Mishra Counsel for Appellant :- Kartikey Dubey Counsel for Respondent :- Mohd.Murtaza Khan,Deepak Dwivedi With Case :- RERA APPEAL No. - 49 of 2024 Appellant :- U.P. State Industrial Development Authority Thru. Project Officer Respondent :- Gurmeet Singh Counsel for Appellant :- Kartikey Dubey Counsel for Respondent :- Mohd.Murtaza Khan,Deepak Dwivedi With Case :- RERA APPEAL No. - 50 of 2024 Appellant :- U.P. State Industrial Development Authority Unnao Thru. Project Officer Respondent :- Kuldeep Singh Negi Counsel for Appellant :- Kartikey Dubey Counsel for Respondent :- Mohd.Murtaza Khan,Deepak Dwivedi With Case :- RERA APPEAL No. - 51 of 2024 Appellant :- U.P State Industrial Develop. Autho. Trans Ganga City Unnao Thru. Its Project Officer Respondent :- Ashok Chandra Gupta Counsel for Appellant :- Kartikey Dubey Counsel for Respondent :- Mohd.Murtaza Khan,Deepak Dwivedi With Case :- RERA APPEAL No. - 52 of 2024 Appellant :- U.P. State Industrial Development Authority , Trans Ganga City Unnao Thru. Project Officer Respondent :- Hari Krishan Gupta Counsel for Appellant :- Kartikey Dubey Counsel for Respondent :- Mohd.Murtaza Khan,Deepak Dwivedi With Case :- RERA APPEAL No. - 53 of 2024 Appellant :- U.P State Industrial Develop. Autho. Trans Ganga City Unnao Thru. Its Project Officer Respondent :- Rajeev Kumar Yadav Counsel for Appellant :- Kartikey Dubey Counsel for Respondent :- Mohd.Murtaza Khan,Deepak Dwivedi With Case :- RERA APPEAL No. - 54 of 2024 Appellant :- U.P. State Industrial Development Authority Thru. Project Officer Respondent :- Manoj Awasthi Counsel for Appellant :- Kartikey Dubey Counsel for Respondent :- Mohd.Murtaza Khan,Deepak Dwivedi With Case :- RERA APPEAL No. - 55 of 2024 Appellant :- U.P. State Industrial Development Authority Trans Gang City Unnao Thru. Its Project Officer Respondent :- Jogendra Singh Pal Counsel for Appellant :- Kartikey Dubey Counsel for Respondent :- Mohd.Murtaza Khan,Deepak Dwivedi With Case :- RERA APPEAL No. - 56 of 2024 Appellant :- U.P. State Industrial Development Authority Unnao Thru. Project Officer Respondent :- Sapna Singh Counsel for Appellant :- Kartikey Dubey Counsel for Respondent :- Mohd.Murtaza Khan,Deepak Dwivedi With Case :- RERA APPEAL No. - 57 of 2024 Appellant :- U.P. State Industrial Development Authority Unnao (U.P) Thru. Project Officer Respondent :- Malay Moitro Counsel for Appellant :- Kartikey Dubey Counsel for Respondent :- Mohd.Murtaza Khan,Deepak Dwivedi With Case :- RERA APPEAL No. - 58 of 2024 Appellant :- U.P. State Industrial Development Authority Trans Gang City Unnao Thru. Its Project Officer Respondent :- Bhanu Pratap Singh Counsel for Appellant :- Kartikey Dubey Counsel for Respondent :- Mohd.Murtaza Khan,Deepak Dwivedi With Case :- RERA APPEAL No. - 59 of 2024 Appellant :- U.P. State Industrial Development Authority Trans Gang City Unnao Thru. Its Project Officer Respondent :- Indra Jeet Singh Counsel for Appellant :- Kartikey Dubey Counsel for Respondent :- Deepak Dwivedi,Mohd.Murtaza Khan With Case :- RERA APPEAL No. - 60 of 2024 Appellant :- U.P State Industrial Develop. Autho. Trans Ganga City Unnao Thru. Its Project Officer Respondent :- Shweta Singh Rajput Counsel for Appellant :- Kartikey Dubey Counsel for Respondent :- Mohd.Murtaza Khan,Deepak Dwivedi With Case :- RERA APPEAL No. - 61 of 2024 Appellant :- U.P. State Industrial Development Authority, Unnao Thru. Project Officer Respondent :- Anju Yadav Counsel for Appellant :- Kartikey Dubey Counsel for Respondent :- Mohd.Murtaza Khan,Deepak Dwivedi With Case :- RERA APPEAL No. - 62 of 2024 Appellant :- U.P. State Industrial Development Authority Thru. Project Officer Respondent :- Mahesh Singh Counsel for Appellant :- Kartikey Dubey Counsel for Respondent :- Mohd.Murtaza Khan,Deepak Dwivedi With Case :- RERA APPEAL No. - 63 of 2024 Appellant :- U.P. State Industrial Development Authority , Trans Ganga City Unnao Thru. Its Project Officer Respondent :- Mata Deen Kanaujia Counsel for Appellant :- Kartikey Dubey Counsel for Respondent :- Mohd.Murtaza Khan,Deepak Dwivedi With Case :- RERA APPEAL No. - 64 of 2024 Appellant :- U.P. State Industrial Development Authority Trans Gang City Unnao Thru. Its Project Officer Respondent :- Nisha Devi Counsel for Appellant :- Kartikey Dubey Counsel for Respondent :- Mohd.Murtaza Khan,Deepak Dwivedi With Case :- RERA APPEAL No. - 65 of 2024 Appellant :- U.P. State Industrial Develop. Autho. Trans Ganga City Unnao Thru. Its Project Officer Respondent :- Rajesh Kumar Jaiswal Counsel for Appellant :- Kartikey Dubey Counsel for Respondent :- Mohd.Murtaza Khan,Deepak Dwivedi With Case :- RERA APPEAL No. - 66 of 2024 Appellant :- U.P. State Industrial Development Authority Unnao Thru. Its Project Officer Respondent :- Madhu Bajpai Counsel for Appellant :- Kartikey Dubey Counsel for Respondent :- Mohd.Murtaza Khan,Deepak Dwivedi With Case :- RERA APPEAL No. - 29 of 2024 Appellant :- Ratan Buildtech Private Limited Kanpur Thru. Practicing Company Secy. Mr. Alakh Pandey Respondent :- Gaurav Singh Counsel for Appellant :- Prashant Kumar Singh Counsel for Respondent :- Azhar Ikram,Manish Singh With Case :- RERA APPEAL No. - 30 of 2024 Appellant :- Ratan Buildtech Private Ltd., Kanpur Thru. Practicing Company Secretary, Mr. Alakh Pandey Respondent :- Kaushal Kumar Jha And Another Counsel for Appellant :- Prashant Kumar Singh Counsel for Respondent :- Manish Singh,Azhar Ikram With Case :- RERA APPEAL No. - 26 of 2024 Appellant :- M/S Saya Homes Private Ltd. Thru. Its Authorized Representative Rajneesh Kumar Respondent :- Mr. Anil Kumar Gauba Counsel for Appellant :- Rohit Jaiswal,Mohit Gupta,Shankar Dayal Jaiswal Counsel for Respondent :- Abhishek Khare,Aahuti Agarwal,Navneet Yadav Hon'ble Pankaj Bhatia,J.
1. Heard Shri Sudeep Seth, learned Senior Advocate assisted by Shri Kartikey Dubey, learned counsel for the appellant and Shri Deepak Dwivedi, learned counsel for the respondent.
2. The said appeals were admitted by means of the order dated 01.11.2024 and similar orders passed on different dates, wherein two questions were framed. However, at the time of the hearing, the third question with regard to the jurisdiction arises. As such, an additional substantial question of law to the following effect is framed.
3. Whether, the order passed by a Bench comprising of the Chairman and a Judicial Member, would be a proper Tribunal in terms of the prescriptions contained in Section 43(3) of the RERA Act, 2016 read with Rules framed thereunder?
4. The issue with regard to the jurisdiction involved in the present appeals has already been considered by this Court in the of Shashank Gupta Vs. M/s Vatika Nirman Private Limited, Lucknow (RERA Appeal No.8 of 2024) Neutral Citation No.2025: AHC-LKO:48238.
5. Following the said judgement, the orders passed by the Appellate Tribunal and impugned in the present appeals is held to be null and void and is, accordingly, set aside.
6. The matter is remanded to the Appellate Tribunal to pass fresh order, in accordance with law.
7. The appeals are allowed.
Order Date :- 20.8.2025 Ashutosh