PUBLIC INTEREST LITIGATION (PIL) No. 1286 of 2025 at Lucknow

HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW PUBLIC INTEREST LITIGATION (PIL) No. - 1286 of 2025 Haripal .....Petitioner(s) Versus State Of U.P. Thru. Addl. Chief Secy. Deptt. Revenue Lko. And 20 Others .....Respondent(s) Counsel for Petitioner(s) : Shiv Kumar Counsel for Respondent(s) : C.S.C., Dilip Kumar Pandey Court No. - 17 HON'BLE SUBHASH VIDYARTHI, J. 1. Heard Shri Shiv Kumar, the learned counsel for the petitioner and Shri Ashutosh Srivastava, the learned Standing Counsel for the State. 2. By means of the instant petition filed in public interest, the petitioner has sought issuance of a direction for removal of encroachment over Gata Nos.156, 151, 30, 140, 700, 146, 437, 99, 188, 332, 406, 312, 31, 122, 315, 388, 659, 671, 61, 100, 131, 140, 43, 146, 440, 443, 481, 489, 498, 511, 18 minjumla, 395 minjumla, 636, 624, 733, 84, 941, 593, 631 minjumla and 905 minjumla situated in Village- Madahusa, Pargana and Tehsil- Maholi, District- Sitapur. 3. It has been vaguely stated in para-7 to the writ petition that the private respondents are also residents of the same village and they have encroached upon the land. There are as many as 17 private persons impleaded as opposite parti