PUBLIC INTEREST LITIGATION (PIL) No. 500 of 2026 at Allahabad

. HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD PUBLIC INTEREST LITIGATION (PIL) No. - 500 of 2026 Shanti Devi and another .....Petitioner(s) Versus State of U.P. and 7 others .....Respondent(s) Counsel for Petitioner(s) : Jaybrat Dwivedi, Ram Swaroop (Singh), Shivakant Singh Counsel for Respondent(s) : Rajiv Singh (S.C.), Achal Singh, Sant Ram Sharma Chief Justice's Court HON'BLE ARUN BHANSALI, CHIEF JUSTICE HON'BLE KSHITIJ SHAILENDRA, J. 1. This petition, purportedly in public interest, has been filed by the petitioners seeking direction to the respondents to take legal action against private respondents who have allegedly illegally encroached the Gaon Sabha land reserved as Bhita, Dev Asthan and Talab in Plot Nos. 754, 755, 756, 757, 871 and 872 situated at Village - Hardauli, Tehsil - Banda, District - Banda. 2. Submissions have been made that the land, which was recorded as Bhita, Dev Asthan and Talab, has been got mutated in the name of respondents and thereafter, transfer deeds have been executed. No indication has been made in the petition/representation as to when the manipulation allegedly took place and the land was recorded in the name of the respondents, however, counsel submi