PUBLIC INTEREST LITIGATION (PIL) No. 2816 of 2025 at Allahabad

HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD PUBLIC INTEREST LITIGATION (PIL) No. - 2816 of 2025 Devesh Omar .....Petitioner(s) Versus State of U.P. and 4 others .....Respondent(s) Counsel for Petitioner(s) : Puneet Kumar Counsel for Respondent(s) : Manu Ghildyal, S.C., Sant Ram Sharma 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 petitioner seeking a direction to the respondents to remove the illegal encroachment on the public road going from Shankar Guru crossing and D.A.V. College to P.S. Kotwali Nagar, District Banda. 2. It is inter alia claimed in the petition that the petitioner is a social worker and is having his residence at Chhoti Bazar, Banda, U.P. 3. Submissions have been made that Police Station Kotwali Nagar, Banda is situated in the main market, which can be accessed only by two roads wherein the main road is Shankar Guru crossing and D.A.V. College road, which is encroached by certain flower vendors. 4. Further submissions have been made that on account of the said encroachment, the access to the shops, which are 90% jewellery shops is blocked resulting in vari