PUBLIC INTEREST LITIGATION (PIL) No. 668 of 2025 at Allahabad

Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC:45218-DB Chief Justice's Court Case :- PUBLIC INTEREST LITIGATION (PIL) No. - 668 of 2025 Petitioner :- Dharmendra Kumar Respondent :- State of U.P. and 5 others Counsel for Petitioner :- Badri Kant Shukla Counsel for Respondent :- C.S.C., Manu Saxena, Jagdish Pathak (S.C.) Hon'ble Arun Bhansali, Chief Justice Hon'ble Kshitij Shailendra, J. 1. This petition, purportedly in public interest, has been filed by the petitioner seeking direction to the respondents to get land of Khasra Nos. 162, 173, 229, 588Kha, 589 and 847 of Khata No. 0047 situated at Village Mugra Shahri (Sirauli), Tehsil Meerganj, District Bareilly freed from encroachment and restore the nature of land as pond. 2. Submissions have been made that the land comprised in the Khasras is recorded as pond, however, the same has been encroached by several persons by way of constructing their residences and shops and despite petitioner making representation in this regard, no action has been taken and, therefore, the respondents be directed to remove the said encroachments/demolish the constructions. 3. A perusal of the writ petition indicates that the petitioner has only annexed revenue recor