Govind Sharan Sharma & Ors. vs. Jaipur Development Authority & Ors.

Jaipur Development Authority Act, 1982–Sec. 72–Constitution of India, 1950–Art. 226–Writ petition for removal of certain encroachments on road–Dismissed with the view that the appellants should avail the civil remedy–Sec. 72 of Act casts an obligation on JDA to remove the encroachments upon public lands–Writ petition was filed before this Court because the representations failed to evoke a response–Appellants sought to invoke the public law remedy seeking issuance of writ of mandamus–Held, writ petition ought not to have been dismissed.