PUBLIC INTEREST LITIGATION (PIL) No. 7439 of 2008 at Lucknow

HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW PUBLIC INTEREST LITIGATION (PIL) No. - 7439 of 2008 Robby Sharma And 4 Ors. .....Petitioner(s) Versus State Of U.P. Thru Prin. Secy. Tax And 8 Ors. .....Respondent(s) Counsel for Petitioner(s) : Satish Chandra Pandey, Abhay Singh, Dileep Verma, Manushresth Misra, Ravindra Kumar Singh Counsel for Respondent(s) : C.S.C., Nandita Bharti Court No. - 1 HON'BLE RAJAN ROY, J. HON'BLE RAJEEV BHARTI, J. 1. We have perused the pleadings and heard the learned counsel for the petitioner and Shri Alok Kumar Pandey, learned counsel appearing for the Kanpur Development Authority. 2. This is a P.I.L. which was filed in 2008 seeking the following reliefs:- "1.a. That by issuing a writ, order or direction in the nature of certiorari all the licences granted for the Multiplexes in Uttar Pradesh, be quashed and the buildings be sealed/demolished (which are having Cinema halls on top of other occupancies), and which have been issued licenses by the Licensing Authorities, under "The Uttar Pradesh Cinemas (Regulation) Act-1955", for Exhibition of Cinematographic films, after 30-04-2001, i.e. the date of coming in to effect of the first of the two Government o