By catena of judgments, Hon'ble Supreme Court and this Court settled that a thing should be done in the manner provided by the Act and statutes and not otherwise, vide Taylor v. Taylor (1876) 1 Ch. D. 426 ; Nazir Ahmed v. King EmperorMANU/PR/0020/1936 : AIR 1936 PC 253; Deep Chand v. State of Rajasthan MANU/SC/0118/1961 : AIR 1961 SC 1527; Patna Improvement Trust v. Smt. Lakshmi Devi and Ors. MANU/SC/0389/1962 : AIR 1963 SC 1077; State of Uttar Pradesh v. Singhara Singh and Ors. MANU/SC/0082/1963 : AIR 1964 SC 358; Nika Ram v. State of Himachal PradeshMANU/SC/0193/1972 : AIR 1972 SC 2077; Ramchandra Keshav Adke v. Govind Joti Chavare and Ors. MANU/SC/0511/1975: AIR 1975 SC 915; Chettiam Veettil Ammad and Anr. v. Taluk Land Board and Ors. MANU/SC/0405/1979 : AIR 1979 SC 1573; State of Bihar and Ors. v. J.A.C. Saldanna and Ors. MANU/SC/0253/1979 : AIR 1980 SC 326, A.K. Roy and Anr. v. State of Punjab and Ors. MANU/SC/0156/1986 : AIR 1986 SC 2160; State of Mizoram v. Biakchhawna MANU/SC/0522/1995 : (1995) 1 SCC 156; J.N. Ganatra v. Morvi Municipality Morvi MANU/SC/0635/1996 : AIR 1996 SC 2520; Babu Verghese and Ors. v. Bar Council of Kerala and Ors. MANU/SC/0168/1999 : AIR 1999 SC 1281; and Chandra Kishore Jha v. Mahavir Prasad (1998) 8 SCC 266 .
It is settled law that a thing should be done in the manner provided in the Act or statute and not otherwise. Moti Lal Memorial Society v. State of UP, 2008 (26) LCD 967 (DP Singh, J)
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