PUBLIC INTEREST LITIGATION (PIL) No. 424 of 2025 at Lucknow

Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC-LKO:25026-DB Court No. - 1 Case :- PUBLIC INTEREST LITIGATION (PIL) No. - 424 of 2025 Petitioner :- Sonu Respondent :- State Of U.P. Thru. Its Prin. Secy. Deptt. Of Panchayat Raj Lko. And 3 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Vijay Prakash Srivastava Counsel for Respondent :- C.S.C.,Mohan Singh Hon'ble Attau Rahman Masoodi,J. Hon'ble Ajai Kumar Srivastava-I,J. 1. Heard Sri Vijay Prakash Srivastava, learned counsel for the petitioner, Smt. Anupama Singh, learned Additional Chief Standing Counsel for the State-respondents, and Sri Mohan Singh, learned counsel for respondent No. 4. 2. Smt. Anupama Singh, learned Additional Chief Standing Counsel for the State-respondents, on the basis of instructions, has stated that the development of cremation grounds through the process of selection in rural areas is regulated under a Government Order issued on 26.05.2016. In the present case, however, the petitioner has not established that the norms as prescribed under the Government Order were satisfied. That apart, the relevant considerations, which are decisive for such a development, have also not been disclosed in the present writ petition. In absence of any prem