PUBLIC INTEREST LITIGATION (PIL) No. 692 of 2026 at Allahabad

HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD PUBLIC INTEREST LITIGATION (PIL) No. - 692 of 2026 Manohar And 6 Others .....Petitioner(s) Versus State Of Uttar Pradesh And 6 Others .....Respondent(s) Counsel for Petitioner(s) : Pradeep Kumar Chaurasia Counsel for Respondent(s) : C.S.C., Ten Singh Court No. - 21 HON'BLE MAHESH CHANDRA TRIPATHI, J. HON'BLE KUNAL RAVI SINGH, J. 1. Heard Shri Pradeep Kumar Chaurasia, learned counsel for the petitioner; Shri Rama Nand Pandey, learned Additional Chief Standing Counsel appearing for the State-respondents, and Shri Ten Singh, learned counsel appearing for respondent No. 2, State Election Commission, U.P., Lucknow. 2. By means of the instant petition, preferred as a Public Interest Litigation, the petitioner has sought, inter alia, the following reliefs: "(i) Issue a writ, order or direction in the nature of Mandamus commanding and directing Respondent No. 3/District Magistrate / District Election Officer (Panchayat), District Maharajganj, to restore the names of all genuine and eligible voters who have been illegally deleted from the Panchayat Election Voter List, 2025 of Gram Sabha Bairava Bankatwa, Block Laxmipur, District Maharajganj, after cond