PUBLIC INTEREST LITIGATION (PIL) No. 1218 of 2025 at Lucknow

HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW PUBLIC INTEREST LITIGATION (PIL) No. - 1218 of 2025 Aftab Nawab Hasan Shaikh .....Petitioner(s) Versus State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Revenue Deptt. Lko And 5 Others .....Respondent(s) Counsel for Petitioner(s) : Arvind Kumar Tiwari, Kamal Kishor Tiwari Counsel for Respondent(s) : C.S.C., Abhishek Mishra, Azam Shafeequi Court No. - 17 HON'BLE SUBHASH VIDYARTHI, J. 1. Heard Shri Arvind Kumar Tiwari, learned counsel for the petitioner, Shri S.K. Khare, learned Standing Counsel appearing for the State and Shri Azam Shafeeque, learned counsel for the respondent no.5, whose vakalatnama filed today 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 a 3 feet wide chabutara which has allegedly been constructed by respondent nos.5 & 6 on a khadanja road. 3. In the description of the petitioner, it has been stated that the petitioner is currently residing at Mumbai and, therefore, he has no personal interest in the matter. 4. On the basis of written instruction dated 29.11.2025 duly signed by Sub-Divisional Magistrate, Kunda,