PUBLIC INTEREST LITIGATION (PIL) No. 135 of 2026 at Allahabad

HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD PUBLIC INTEREST LITIGATION (PIL) No. - 135 of 2026 Vishal Kumar Gupta .....Petitioner(s) Versus State of Uttar Pradesh and 4 others .....Respondent(s) Counsel for Petitioner(s) : Anurag Rai Counsel for Respondent(s) : Jagdish Pathak (S.C.), Ashutosh Kumar Pandey, Ashwani Kumar Mishra, Nagendra Nath Mishra Chief Justice's Court HON'BLE ARUN BHANSALI, CHIEF JUSTICE HON'BLE KSHITIJ SHAILENDRA, J. 1. This petition, purportedly in public interest, has been filed by the petitioner for removal of alleged illegal encroachment and demolition of unauthorized constructions raised over the public utility land (pond) at Gata No. 680A, situated in Sevarahi Town, Tehsil-Tamkuhiraj, District- Kushinagar. 2. Submissions have been made that land of Gata No. 680A is recorded as pokhra in the revenue record, however, as construction over the same is existing for many years and despite the complaint made by the petitioner, the same is not being removed by the respondents. 3. We have perused the petition as well as document produced by respondent No. 4. 4. A perusal of the petition indicates that a picture of the alleged offending construction has been produced as A