(1.) HEARD Mr. M.K. Laik, learned counsel for the petitioner and Mr. A.K. Mehta, learned counsel for the respondents and with their consent this appeal is being disposed of at the admission stage itself.
(2.) THIS appeal is directed against the judgment and order dated 17.2.2004 passed by the learned Single Judge dismissing the writ petition being WPC No. 1789/2002. The impugned order read as under :
(3.) THE learned Single Judge relied upon the decision in the case of State of U.P. and Ors. v. Gullaichi (Smt.), reported in 2003 (6) SCC 483 and held that the dispute of this nature cannot be decided in a writ petition.