PUBLIC INTEREST LITIGATION (PIL) No. 1279 of 2025 at Lucknow

HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW PUBLIC INTEREST LITIGATION (PIL) No. - 1279 of 2025 Gajendra Pal Verma And Another .....Petitioner(s) Versus State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Deptt. Of Revenue Lko And 5 Others .....Respondent(s) Counsel for Petitioner(s) : Himanshu Vaish, Amrendra Singh Counsel for Respondent(s) : C.S.C., Dilip Kumar Pandey, Ram Alok Singh, Sanjeev Kumar Pandey Court No. - 17 HON'BLE SUBHASH VIDYARTHI, J. 1. Heard Shri Himanshu Vaish, the learned counsel for the petitioners, Shri Vikas Rai, the learned Standing Counsel for the State, Shri Dilip Kumar Pandey, the learned counsel for the Gaon Sabha and Shri Sanjeev Kumar Pandey, the learned counsel for the respondent Nos.7, 9 and 11. 2. By means of the instant petition purportedly filed in public interest, the petitioners have sought issuance of a direction for removal of illegal encroachment over land bearing Gata No.701 which is recorded as manure pit, and to restore the same to its original nature. The petitioners have specifically pleaded that they have no personal interest in the subject matter of the writ petition and they would not get benefited in any manner by it. The subject matter of the writ p