PUBLIC INTEREST LITIGATION (PIL) No. 1166 of 2025 at Lucknow

HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW PUBLIC INTEREST LITIGATION (PIL) No. - 1166 of 2025 Gupta Kashi Seva Trust Thru. Its Secy./Managing Trustee Ravi Prakash Chaubey And Another .....Petitioner(s) Versus U.O.I. Thru. The Secy. Ministry Of Environment, Forest And Climate Change New Delhi And 5 Others .....Respondent(s) Counsel for Petitioner(s) : Abhilasha Pandey Counsel for Respondent(s) : Sri S.B. Pandey, D.S.G.I. assisted by Sri Varun Pandey, Rajesh Tiwari, A.C.S.C, Ashok Kumar Verma Chief Justice's Court HON'BLE ARUN BHANSALI, CHIEF JUSTICE HON'BLE JASPREET SINGH, J. 1. This petition purportedly in public interest has been filed seeking to restrain the respondents from proceeding with the proposed 17,000 MW Pump Storage Project in District Sonbhadra. 2. Allegations have been made in the petition inter-alia seeking to allege that the provisions of Environment (Protection) Act, 1986, Forest (Conservation) Act, 1980, Wild Life (Protection) Act, 1972, Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Sites and Remains Act, 1958, Forest Rights Act, 2006 and directions given by Hon'ble Supreme Court in T.N. Godavarman Thirumulpad v. Union of India and others : (2006) (1) SCC 1, Narmada Ba