PUBLIC INTEREST LITIGATION (PIL) No. 23 of 2026 at Lucknow

HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW PUBLIC INTEREST LITIGATION (PIL) No. - 23 of 2026 Ghanshyam Verma .....Petitioner(s) Versus State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Deptt. Of Revenue U.P. Lko. And 7 Others .....Respondent(s) Counsel for Petitioner(s) : Ganesh Kumar Gupta, Gulab Shankar Pandey Counsel for Respondent(s) : C.S.C., Mohan Singh Court No. - 17 HON'BLE SUBHASH VIDYARTHI, J. 1. Heard Sri Ganesh Kumar Gupta, the learned counsel for the petitioner, Sri Anil Kumar Kushwaha, the learned State Counsel for opposite parties no.1 to 4, Sri Mohan Singh, the learned counsel for the opposite party no.5/gaon sabha. 2. Keeping in view the nature of reliefs sought and the order proposed to be passed issuance of notice to the opposite party no.6 is hereby dispensed with. 3. By means of the instant petition filed in public interest the petitioner has sought issuance of a direction for removal of encroachment from public utility land bearing Gata No.1543, situated at Village Ufrauli, Pargana Surhupur, Tehsil Jalalpur, District Ambedkar Nagar, which is recorded as khalihan. 4. On the basis of written instructions provided by the Tehsildar Jalalpur, District Ambedkar Nagar, the learned