PUBLIC INTEREST LITIGATION (PIL) No. 2052 of 2025 at Allahabad

HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD PUBLIC INTEREST LITIGATION (PIL) No. - 2052 of 2025 Pratap Chandra Kesarwani .....Petitioner(s) Versus State of U.P. and 10 others .....Respondent(s) Counsel for Petitioner(s) : Vimal Kumar, Vijaypal Singh Counsel for Respondent(s) : C.S.C., K.V. Singh, Azad Rai Chief Justice's Court HON'BLE ARUN BHANSALI, CHIEF JUSTICE HON'BLE KSHITIJ SHAILENDRA, J. 1. This petition has been filed by the petitioner seeking a direction to the respondents for initiating action against respondent nos. 7 to 11 under Section 67 of the U.P. Revenue Code, 2006 ('the Code'). 2. Submissions have been made that respondent nos. 7 to 11 are excavating sand from the path in question resulting in obstruction of the pathway and therefore, action be ordered to be initiated by the respondents. 3. A perusal of the provision of Section 67 of the Code, reveals that it clearly provides that the action can be initiated by the Assistant Collector on information received under sub-section (1) or otherwise, which necessarily empowers anyone aggrieved of any action to approach the Assistant Collector under Section 67 of the Code. 4. In that view of the matter, entertaining the PIL for