PUBLIC INTEREST LITIGATION (PIL) No. 88 of 2026 at Lucknow

HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW PUBLIC INTEREST LITIGATION (PIL) No. - 88 of 2026 Aftab Ahmad .....Petitioner(s) Versus State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Deptt. Of Environment, Forest And Climate Change Lko And Ors. .....Respondent(s) Counsel for Petitioner(s) : Sachin Tiwari Counsel for Respondent(s) : C.S.C., Ashok Kumar Verma Court No. - 1 HON'BLE RAJAN ROY, J. HON'BLE ABDHESH KUMAR CHAUDHARY, J. 1. Heard Shri Sachin Tiwari, learned counsel for the petitioner, Shri Akash Sinha, learned Additional Chief Standing Counsel for the State and Shri Ashok Kumar Verma, learned counsel for the opposite party no. 6. 2. This writ petition styled as public interest litigation has been filed seeking the following reliefs:- "1- issue a writ, order or direction in the nature of mandamus, directing the respondent authorities to immediately stop, seal and prohibit the operation of the illegal coal kiln being run by opposite party no. 7 on agricultural land bearing Gata No. 589, situated at Village Autarpur Bihar, Block Bihar, Tehsil Kunda, District Pratapgarh, in blatant violation of the Uttar Pradesh Coal Kiln Establishment and Regulation Rules, 2010. 2- Issue a writ, order or direct