# PUBLIC INTEREST LITIGATION (PIL) No. 61 of 2026 at Lucknow

Court: Allahabad High Court
Date: 2026-02-03
Citation: PUBLIC INTEREST LITIGATION (PIL) No. 61 of 2026 at Lucknow
Petitioner: PUBLIC INTEREST LITIGATION (PIL) No. 61 of 2026 at Lucknow
Respondent: Unknown

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## Judgment text (excerpt)

HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW PUBLIC INTEREST LITIGATION (PIL) No. - 61 of 2026 Mo. Rijvan .....Petitioner(s) Versus State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Revenue Deptt. Lko. And 4 Others .....Respondent(s) Counsel for Petitioner(s) : Govind Kumar Pandey Counsel for Respondent(s) : C.S.C., Pankaj Gupta Court No. - 17 HON'BLE SUBHASH VIDYARTHI, J. 1. Case called out. 2. Nobody is present on behalf of the petitioner to press the petition and no request for adjournment or pass over of the case has been sent. 3. Heard Sri Vikas Rai, the learned Standing Counsel appearing on behalf of the State, Sri Mohd. Talib Khan, Advocate holding brief of Sri Pankaj Gupta, the learned counsel for the Gaon Sabha and perused the material on record. 4. By means of the instant petition filed in public interest the petitioner has sought issuance of a direction to the opposite parties no.2 and 3 for removal of encroachments made by the opposite party no.5 over the land bearing Gata No.670, situated in Village Pure Tulsi, Pariyawan, Pargana Manikpur, Tehsil Kunda, District Pratapgarh, which is recorded as pond. 5. On the basis of written instructions provided by the Sub Divisional Magistrate, Kun

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