4.6 Writ Procedure in High Court and Supreme Court

4.6.1 Filing the Writ Petition (including PIL) The petition under Art 144 (HC, within the province) or Art 133 (SC): the petitioner's locus — the rights-holder (FR violated or legal right without other effective remedy) — or the public- spirited petitioner (the PIL: the Pradip Kumar Agrawal seven-judge era's liberalised standing — Procedural Law-I, Semester 4), naming the respondents (the duty-holders), the facts, the violations, and the prayers (which writs, which orders). The five writs' choice-map: habeas corpus (detention), mandamus (public duty), certiorari (quash), prohibition (stop), quo warranto (office's title) — plus the "other appropriate order" that does complete justice. 4.6.2 Show-Cause Notice and Stay Order The first-day orders: the show-cause notice to the respondents (answer the petition's allegations) — with or without the interim order (the stay family: status quo, suspension of the impugned action, interim release in habeas) to preserve the petition's subject-matter — the discretion's classic balance (prima facie case, irreparable injury, the public interest). 4.6.3 Notice to the Respondent and Written Response The respondents' written reply (the government's and bodies' answers through their officers — the pleading discipline mirrored; the record's completion), with the petitioner's rejoinder. 4.6.4 Withdrawal The petitioner's retreat: the grievance's satisfaction (the respondent's compliance), the mala fide's exposure, or the court's leave — the PIL withdrawal's stricter scrutiny (the public's case is not…