PUBLIC INTEREST LITIGATION (PIL) No. 14180 of 1997 at Allahabad

Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC:130357-DB Chief Justice's Court Case :- PUBLIC INTEREST LITIGATION (PIL) No. - 14180 of 1997 Petitioner :- Iftekhar Ahmad Khan Respondent :- Distt. Magistrate Allahabad and others Counsel for Petitioner :- Arun Tandon, Prem Prakash Counsel for Respondent :- Meenakshi Singh (A.C.S.C.), A.K. Singh, A.K.Shukla, A.K.Sinha, Ashok Bhushan, Govind Saran, J.N. Sharma, L.P. Naithani, M. Zaidi, P.N. Ojha, R.B. Singhal, R.K. Singh, Raj Mohan Upadhyay, S.K. Garg Hon'ble Arun Bhansali,Chief Justice Hon'ble Kshitij Shailendra,J. 1. This petition was filed in the year 1997 seeking direction for removal of illegal constructions and encroachment from the National Highways passing through the Allahabad roads, lanes, sub-lanes of the city of Allahabad as well as from the graveyards of the city of Allahabad. 2. A perusal of the record indicates that the petition, apparently, was being prosecuted till January, 2006, when the last order was passed in the matter, however, for over 20 years, none has taken any care of the present petition. 3. Besides the above, the reliefs, as claimed in the petition, as the status existed in the year 1997 has drastically changed over a per