PUBLIC INTEREST LITIGATION (PIL) No. 1217 of 2025 at Lucknow

HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW PUBLIC INTEREST LITIGATION (PIL) No. - 1217 of 2025 Manoj Kumar Choudhary .....Petitioner(s) Versus State Of U.P. Thru. Distt. Magistrate Distt. Bahraich And 7 Others .....Respondent(s) Counsel for Petitioner(s) : Harish Chandra Yadav Counsel for Respondent(s) : C.S.C., Pankaj Gupta, Rahul Kumar Shukla Court No. - 17 HON'BLE SUBHASH VIDYARTHI, J. 1. Heard Shri Harish Chandra Yadav, learned counsel for the petitioner, Shri S.K. Khare, learned Standing Counsel appearing for the State and Shri Rahul Kumar Shukla, learned counsel for the respondent no.8 who has filed short counter affidavit which, though titled as 'short counter affidavit' is bulkier than the petition itself. The same is taken on record. 2. By means of the present petition filed in the public interest, the petitioner has sought issuance of a direction for removal of encroachment made on the land bearing Gata No.143, measuring area 0.0450 hectare, situated at Village- Kalue, Tehsil- Payagpur, District- Bahraich which is recorded as Khalihan in the revenue record. 3. Learned counsel for the petitioner has submitted that the application in this regard to the District Magistrat