PUBLIC INTEREST LITIGATION (PIL) No. 122 of 2026 at Lucknow

HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW PUBLIC INTEREST LITIGATION (PIL) No. - 122 of 2026 Surendra Kumar And 2 Others .....Petitioner(s) Versus State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Panchayat Raj Lko. And 9 Others .....Respondent(s) Counsel for Petitioner(s) : Deepak Kumar Counsel for Respondent(s) : C.S.C., Mohan Singh Court No. - 1 HON'BLE RAJAN ROY, J. HON'BLE ABDHESH KUMAR CHAUDHARY, J. 1. Heard Shri Deepak Kumar, learned counsel for the petitioners, learned State Counsel for State respondents and Shri Mohan Singh, learned counsel for Gaon Sabha. 2. Petitioner seeks an enquiry against the Gram Pradhan of Gaon Sabha Ralbhari, Tehsil Fatehpur, District Barabanki. He alleges financial irregularities and misuse of power by the Gram Pradhan. 3. Learned counsel for Gaon Sabha states that the petitioners have a personal interest in the matter as they themselves are the encroacher of part of land being Gata no.215, which is recorded as Purani Parti and when the encroachment was sought to be removed they have filed this Public Interest Litigation. 4. Be that as it may, if it is otherwise permissible in law and there is a bonafide cause, the petitioners or anybody else can approach the