New Delhi, May 14 -- The Delhi High Court on Wednesday dismissed a petition seeking directions to the Delhi government for enacting a law to impose tax on high-income agricultural earnings, terming it "highly misconceived".

A bench of Chief Justice D. K. Upadhyaya and Justice Tejas Karia observed that directing the government to enact a particular law was impermissible.

"We can't do all this. See your prayer. From the perusal of the prayer clause of the writ petition, it is apparent that the petitioner is asking us to issue a mandamus to the legislature to enact a particular law. Such a mandamus, in our opinion, is impermissible to be issued. The writ is highly misconceived and thereby dismissed," the court said.

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