PUBLIC INTEREST LITIGATION (PIL) No. 396 of 2025 at Lucknow

HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW PUBLIC INTEREST LITIGATION (PIL) No. - 396 of 2025 Ajeet Singh Saini .....Petitioner(s) Versus U.O.I Thru Ministry Of Jal Shakti,Water Resource, River Devmnt. And Ganga Rejuvination Dept And Ors .....Respondent(s) Counsel for Petitioner(s) : Alok Kumar Singh, Gaurav Verma Counsel for Respondent(s) : A.S.G.I., Aditya Mohan, Amitabh Kumar Rai, C.S.C., Rishabh Kapoor Court No. - 1 HON'BLE RAJAN ROY, J. HON'BLE RAJEEV BHARTI, J. 1. Heard Shri Gaurav Verma, learned counsel for the petitioner, Shri V.P. Nag, learned Additional Chief Standing Counsel for the State, Shri Aditya Mohan, learned counsel for the U.P. Jal Nigam, Rural and Shri Mahendra Kumar Mishra, leanred counsel for the opposite party nos. 1 and 2. 2. Having gone through the counter affidavit filed by the State and looking into the allegations against the petitioner, but, without drawing any opinion as to the correctness or otherwise, we are of the opinion that these proceedings, which are allegedly in public interest, should not be proceeded at the behest of the petitioner who should be discharged from pursuing the same any further, however, looking into seriousness of the alleg