HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD PUBLIC INTEREST LITIGATION (PIL) No. - 8983 of 2014 Court No. - 21 HON'BLE MAHESH CHANDRA TRIPATHI, J. HON'BLE KUNAL RAVI SINGH, J. Ref: Civil Misc. Abatement Application No. 5 of 2025. 1. The instant Public Interest Litigation was instituted in the year 2014. 2. Abatement Application No. 5 of 2025 has been filed by Respondent No. 5, indicating therein that both the petitioners, namely Digvijay Raj Pandey and Afasar Khan, passed away three years ago and four years ago, respectively. 3. It is noted that no application for substitution has been filed to bring on record the heirs or legal representatives of the deceased petitioners. In view of the same, the writ petition is deemed to have abated on account of efflux of time. 4. Accordingly, Abatement Application No. 5 of 2025 stands allowed, and the writ petition stands dismissed as abated. February 20, 2026 Sumaira Versus Counsel for Petitioner(s) : D.S.P. Singh, Daya Shankar Prasad Singh, Sushma Devi Counsel for Respondent(s) : C.S.C., Diwakar Singh, R.K. Pandey (Kunal Ravi Singh,J.) (Mahesh Chandra Tripathi,J.) Digvijay Raj Pandey And Another .....Petitioner(s) State Of U.P. Thru Secy. And 4 Others .....Respondent(s) Digitally signed by :- SUMAIRA AQUIL High Court of Judicature at Allahabad