82.1. It is, undoubtedly, true that the writ jurisdiction is
a public law remedy. A matter, which lies entirely within a
private realm of affairs of public body, may not lend itself
for being dealt with under the writ jurisdiction of the Court.
82.2. The principle laid down in Bareilly Development
Authority [Bareilly Development Authority v. Ajai Pal
Singh, (1989) 2 SCC 116] that in the case of a non-statutory
contract the rights are governed only by the terms of the
contract and the decisions, which are purported to be
followed, including Radhakrishna Agarwal [Radhakrishna
Agarwal v. State of Bihar, (1977) 3 SCC 457] , may not
continue to hold good, in the light of what has been laid
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down in ABL [ABL International Ltd. v. Export Credit
Guarantee Corpn. of India Ltd., (2004) 3 SCC 553 : (2004)
118 Comp Cas 213] and as followed in the recent judgment
in Sudhir Kumar Singh [State of U.P. v. Sudhir Kumar
Singh, (2021) 19 SCC 706] .
