PUBLIC INTEREST LITIGATION (PIL) No. 30 of 2026 at Lucknow

HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW PUBLIC INTEREST LITIGATION (PIL) No. - 30 of 2026 Anjani Kumar .....Petitioner(s) Versus State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Revenue Lko And 5 Others .....Respondent(s) Counsel for Petitioner(s) : Saurabh Singh, Anurag Srivastava Counsel for Respondent(s) : C.S.C., Aditya Tiwari, Pankaj Gupta Court No. - 17 HON'BLE SUBHASH VIDYARTHI, J. 1. Heard Sri Saurabh Singh learned counsel for the petitioner, Sri Ram Kumar Maurya, learned Standing Counsel for the State, Sri Mohd Talib Khan, Advocate holding brief of Sri Pankaj Gupta, learned counsel for Gaon Sabha and Sri Aditya Tiwari, who has filed Vakalatnama on behalf of opposite party no.6, which is taken on record. 2. By means of the instant writ petition filed in public interest, the petitioner has sought issuance of a direction for removal of encroachment made by the opposite party no.6 over a part of land bearing gata no.1705 measuring 2.023 hectare situated at village Umarar, Tehsil Lalaganj, District Pratapgarh, which is recorded as a Charagaha. 3. On the basis of written instructions provided by the Tehsildar, Lalganj, District Pratapgarh, learned Standing Counsel has informed the Court th