PUBLIC INTEREST LITIGATION (PIL) No. 1177 of 2025 at Lucknow

HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW PUBLIC INTEREST LITIGATION (PIL) No. - 1177 of 2025 Sonu Giri .....Petitioner(s) Versus State of U.P. through Principal Secy. Urban Development Lucknow and 10 others .....Respondent(s) Counsel for Petitioner(s) : Devendra Pratap Singh, Maneesh Singh Counsel for Respondent(s) : Parul Bajpai (A.C.S.C.), Ratnesh Chandra, Nishant Shukla Chief Justice's Court HON'BLE ARUN BHANSALI, CHIEF JUSTICE HON'BLE JASPREET SINGH, J. 1. Sri Nishant Shukla has filed his power on behalf of respondents no. 3 and 5, the same is taken on record. 2. This petition, purportedly in public interest, has been filed by the petitioner seeking a direction to the respondent Development Authority to stop the construction being undertaken at Gata No. 89 and 98 which, it is alleged, is without the permission of the Development Authority. 3. A perusal of the petition indicates that the petitioner has annexed copies of the khatauni, a development plan made by the society, a picture indicating the construction and his representation made on 28.10.2025 sent through registered post to the Development Authority. 4. A query was put to the counsel for the petitioner as to whethe