Allahabad High Court: No organisation can claim vested right over allotment of particular land at Maha Kumbh Mela

The court while considering the facts and circumstances of the case observed and has granted the liberty to the petitioner for filing a fresh representation and directed the authorities to pass a reasoned order and try to accommodate the petitioner closer to its choice of place. Accordingly, the court dismissed the writ petition.

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The Allahabad High Court in the case The Yog Satsanga Samiti Through Its Director/ General v. State Of U.P. And 4 Others observed and has held that there being no vested right to allotment of a particular land in the Maha Kumbh Mela area only because they may have been allotted the same in previous years.

The Petitioner approached the High Court seeking allotment of land on the junction of Triveni Marg and Mukti Marg during the Mahakumbh Mela as a vested right.

The petitioner in the plea claims to have been allotted the same land during the Kumbh Mela held earlier in the years 2001, 2007 and 2013.