PUBLIC INTEREST LITIGATION (PIL) No. 78 of 2026 at Lucknow

HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW PUBLIC INTEREST LITIGATION (PIL) No. - 78 of 2026 Om Prakash Gupta .....Petitioner(s) Versus State Of U.P. Thru. Addl. Chief Secy. Deptt. Revenue Lko. And 13 Others .....Respondent(s) Counsel for Petitioner(s) : Dinesh Kumar Mishra, Pankaj Mishra Counsel for Respondent(s) : C.S.C., Pankaj Gupta Court No. - 17 HON'BLE SUBHASH VIDYARTHI, J. 1. Heard Shri Dinesh Kumar Mishra, the learned counsel for the petitioner and Shri Devendra Mohan Shukla, the learned Additional Chief Standing Counsel for the State and Shri Mohd. Talib Khan, Advocate holding brief of Shri Pankaj Gupta, the learned counsel for the Gaon Sabha. 2. By means of the instant petition filed in public interest, the petitioner has sought issuance of a direction to the respondent Nos.1 to 4 to take appropriate action for removing encroachment made by the private respondents on land bearing gata No.222 situated in Village- Amarahwa, Pargana Ikauna, Tehsil- Bhinga, District- Shrawasti, which is recorded as chak road. 3. On the basis of written instructions provided by Tehsildar, Bhinga, the learned Chief Standing Counsel has informed that six proceedings under Section 67 of the U