PUBLIC INTEREST LITIGATION (PIL) No. 1027 of 2025 at Lucknow

HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW PUBLIC INTEREST LITIGATION (PIL) No. - 1027 of 2025 Ram Moorti Yadav .....Petitioner(s) Versus State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Revenue Lko. And 6 Others .....Respondent(s) Counsel for Petitioner(s) : Shanker Lal Pandey Counsel for Respondent(s) : C.S.C., Pankaj Gupta Court No. - 17 HON'BLE SUBHASH VIDYARTHI, J. 1. Heard Sri Shanker Lal Pandey, the learned counsel for the petitioner. 2. Sri Rahul Shukla, the learned Additional Chief Standing Counsel for the State of U.P., Sri Pankaj Gupta, learned Standing Counsel for the Gaon Sabha and Sri Purnendu Mishra, Sub Divisional Magistrate, Tehsil Patti, District Pratapgarh who has appeared in person before this Court in compliance of the earlier order dated 07.10.2025 along with the copies of the relevant documents and requisite instructions. The presence of the officer was required because he had failed to provide instructions to the learned Chief Standing Counsel in response to a letter sent to him through e-mail dated 01.08.2025. The officer has stated that he had joined the post recently and, therefore, he could not provide instructions in time. He has expressed remorse and assured the Cou