PUBLIC INTEREST LITIGATION (PIL) No. 9 of 2026 at Lucknow

HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW PUBLIC INTEREST LITIGATION (PIL) No. - 9 of 2026 Pankaj Kumar Mishra .....Petitioner(s) Versus State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Revenue Govt. Civil Sectt. Lko. And 17 Others .....Respondent(s) Counsel for Petitioner(s) : Anoop Vajpayee, Atul Kumar Yadav Counsel for Respondent(s) : C.S.C., Dilip Kumar Pandey Court No. - 25 HON'BLE AMITABH KUMAR RAI, J. Heard Sri Anoop Vajpayee, learned counsel for the petitioner and learned counsel for the State. The present writ petition, in the nature of a Public Interest Litigation (PIL), has been filed seeking issuance of a direction to respondent nos. 2 to 4 to remove the illegal encroachment made by respondent nos.6 to 18 over land bearing Gata No. 543, area 0.0380 hectare, which is recorded in the revenue records as a pond as well as Gata No. 544, area 0.1010 hectare, which is recorded in the revenue records as Panchayat Bhawan, situated at Village Panchayat Karawan, Pargana Alamnagar, Block Todarpur, Tehsil Shahabad, District Hardoi. Learned counsel for the State has produced before this Court the instructions dated 18.01.2026 issued by the Tehsildar Shahabad, District Hardoi, wherein it has been