PUBLIC INTEREST LITIGATION (PIL) No. 100 of 2026 at Lucknow

HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW PUBLIC INTEREST LITIGATION (PIL) No. - 100 of 2026 Chhail Bihari Tiwari .....Petitioner(s) Versus State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Deptt. Of Revenue Lko. And 6 Others .....Respondent(s) Counsel for Petitioner(s) : Daya Shankar Tiwari, Aditya Pandey Counsel for Respondent(s) : C.S.C., Pankaj Gupta Court No. - 17 HON'BLE SUBHASH VIDYARTHI, J. 1. Heard Sri Anurag Dwivedi, Advocate holding brief of Sri Daya Shankar Tiwari, the learned counsel for the petitioner, Sri Pradip Kumar Pandey, the learned Standing Counsel appearing on behalf of the State, Sri Pankaj Gupta, the learned counsel for the gaon sabha. 2. By means of the instant writ petition filed in public interest the petitioner has challenged the validity of a decision taken by the District Magistrate, Balrampur on 18.11.2025 whereby the nature of use of two lands bearing Gata No.544 Min. and Gata No.640 Min. have been interchanged between naveen parti and khalihan and thereafter a new panchayat bhawan is being constructed on land bearing Gata No.640. 3. The learned counsel for the petitioner has submitted that the land use has been changed without following due process of law. He has