PUBLIC INTEREST LITIGATION (PIL) No. 3694 of 2025 at Allahabad

HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD PUBLIC INTEREST LITIGATION (PIL) No. - 3694 of 2025 Shree Ram and 9 others .....Petitioner(s) Versus State of U.P. and 2 others .....Respondent(s) Counsel for Petitioner(s) : Jamil Ahamad Azmi, Mariyam Azmi Counsel for Respondent(s) : Seema Agarwal, S.C. Chief Justice's Court HON'BLE ARUN BHANSALI, CHIEF JUSTICE HON'BLE KSHITIJ SHAILENDRA, J. 1. This petition, purportedly in public interest has been filed by the petitioners seeking a direction to the respondents not to interfere in the land in dispute being Gata No. 146-Ka situated at Jaigaha, Tehsil Sagri, District Azamgarh from being used as graveyard or cremation ground. 2. Submissions have been made that the land in question, though recorded as navin parti, it is being used as graveyard/cremation ground and a resolution has been passed by Nagar Palika Parishad on 28.01.2025 requiring the Sub Divisional Officer to record the same as cremation ground, however, on the one hand no action for the same has been taken, on the other hand, the land in question is being used for construction of a police station, which is not justified. 3. A perusal of the record indicates that the land admittedly is