(1.) The Judgment and order dated April 8, 2022, whereby the writ petition of the respondent no. 1 herein being WPA No. 5454 of 2022, was allowed by a learned Single Judge, is sought to be challenged by the present intending appellant. An application for leave to appeal has been filed by the intending appellant being CAN 1 of 2022, since he was not a party to the writ petition.
(2.) When the application for leave to appeal was moved on August 26, 2022, a Coordinate Bench recorded as follows:-
(3.) After exchange of affidavits the parties were heard at length on several days not only on the point of locus standi of the intending appellant to maintain the appeal but also on points touching the merits of the case.