WRIT - C No. 22291 of 2025 at Allahabad

HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD WRIT - C No. - 22291 of 2025 Rakesh Kumar Tiwari .....Petitioner(s) Versus Union Of India And 3 Others .....Respondent(s) Counsel for Petitioner(s) : Pradip Kumar Srivastava Counsel for Respondent(s) : Rajesh Kumar Jaiswal, A.S.G.I., Akanksha Gaur, C.S.C., Swetashwa Agarwal Court No. - 29 HON'BLE MAHESH CHANDRA TRIPATHI, J. HON'BLE KUNAL RAVI SINGH, J. 1. Heard Sri P.K. Srivastava, learned counsel for the petitioner, Sri R.K. Jaiswal, learned counsel for respondent no. 1, Ms. Akanksha Gaur, learned counsel for respondent nos. 2 and 3 and Sri Ambrish Shukla, learned A.C.S.C. for the State-respondent. 2. The instant writ petition is preferred assailing the validity of the order dated 14.02.2025 passed under Section 26(2) of the Control of National Highways (Land and Traffic) Act, 2002 (in short 'Act, 2002'), wherein time to time notices were issued under Section 26(2) of the Act, 2002 alleging that the petitioner has encroached upon the National Highway and, accordingly, the notice was issued to remove the illegal encroachment made on road, which is national highway. 3. Learned counsel for the petitioner vehemently contended that till date the pe