PUBLIC INTEREST LITIGATION (PIL) No. 75 of 2026 at Lucknow

HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW PUBLIC INTEREST LITIGATION (PIL) No. - 75 of 2026 Vimal Kishor .....Petitioner(s) Versus State Of U.P. Thru. Secy. Revenue Deptt. Lko And 5 Others .....Respondent(s) Counsel for Petitioner(s) : Arvind Kumar Counsel for Respondent(s) : C.S.C., Lakshmana Singh, Mohan Singh Court No. - 17 HON'BLE SUBHASH VIDYARTHI, J. 1. Heard Sri Arvind Kumar, the learned counsel for the petitioner, Sri Anil Kumar Kushwaha, the learned Standing Counsel appearing on behalf of the State, Sri Govind Kumar Chaurasiya, Advocate holding brief of Sri Mohan Singh, the learned counsel for the opposite party no.4-Gaon Sabha and Sri Lakshman Singh, Advocate who has put in appearance on behalf of the opposite party no.5 and filed his vakalatnama, which is taken on record. 2. By means of the instant petition filed in public interest the petitioner has sought issuance of a direction to the opposite parties no.1 to 4 to take action on illegal mining being conducted by the opposite party no.5 over gaon sabha banjar land bearing Gata No.856 measuring 0.0100 hectare situated in Village Sabha Bibipur, Pargana Sidhhaur, Tehsil Haidergarh, District Barabanki. 3. On the basis