DEBASHIS NANDY Vs. UNION OF INDIA & ORS

JUDGEMENT

(1.) This is an application under Article 226 of the Constitution of India. Essentially the writ petitioner has impugned the manner in which the second respondent records data regarding citizens in India under the provisions of the Aadhaar (Targeted Delivery of Financial and other Subsidies, benefits and services) Act, 2016 and also the provisions of the (Aadhaar Enrolment and update) Regulation 2018. However, the exact reliefs claimed by the writ petitioner principally are as follows:

(2.) Nothing else has been prayed for in the writ petition for which a Rule Nisi has been sought. Therefore, the writ petition must be considered as being restricted to not merely the above reliefs but to be considered within the four corners under the said statutes.

(3.) The writ petitioner is a co-owner of the three storied building at 52 B, Kansari Para Road, Kolkata 700025 along with the named persons who have not been made party to the writ petition. The ground floor of the said premises consisting of two rooms, a kitchen and a bath cum privy and a common court yard as described in paragraphs 4 and 3 of the writ petition. In 1969 it was demised in favour of one Dr. Keshab Bhusan Roy since deceased. He was married and resided there with his wife Meenakshi Roy and his only son Bhaskar Roy. His daughter Debjani Bhattacharya (nee Roy), was married and resided elsewhere after marriagesince February 1985. The respondent no. 8 had a fortuitous surname which was the same as that of Dr. Roy. It is the case of the writ petitioner that he was a domestic help employed by Dr. Roy doing odd jobs in the house and chamber of Dr. Roy. It has been suggested from the Bar that the private respondent was a compounder of the said doctor. On September 24, 2006 the wife of the said doctor expired; on November 3, 2012 the only son of the said doctor expired while living in Netherlands. So, since September, 2006 Dr. Roy used to reside alone at the demised premises.