PUBLIC INTEREST LITIGATION (PIL) No. 813 of 2025 at Allahabad

Reserved on 02.09.2025 Delivered on 30.10.2025 AFR HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD PUBLIC INTEREST LITIGATION (PIL) No. - 813 of 2025 Samir Kumar Banerji …..Petitioners(s) and 10 others Versus State of U.P. and 8 …..Respondents(s) others Counsel for Petitioners(s) : Ashish Jaiswal, Sanjeev Singh, Satish Kumar Sahu Counsel for Respondent(s) : Rajiv Singh, S.C., Manoj Kumar Singh, Siddhartha Srivastava, Vinod Kumar Pandey Chief Justice's Court HON'BLE ARUN BHANSALI, CHIEF JUSTICE HON'BLE KSHITIJ SHAILENDRA, J. (Per: Kshitij Shailendra, J) 1. This petition, purportedly in public interest, has been filed by the residents of Karela Bagh Colony and Blocks B and C of Guru Teg Bahadur Nagar, Prayagraj praying for a direction commanding the respondents to close/shift liquor shops of the private respondents from the present location/site which are within the distance of the prohibited radius of 100 metres as per U.P. Number and Location of Excise Shops Rules, 1968 (‘the Rules, 1968’) as noticed by the Hon’ble Supreme Court in the case of Manoj Kumar Dwivedi which had approved the 2 PIL No. 813 of 2025 Division Bench decision of this Court taking view that any liquor shop should not be