HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD PUBLIC INTEREST LITIGATION (PIL) No. - 3159 of 2025 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 petitioner inter-alia seeking a direction to the Vice Chairman of the Development Authority to stop and seal the development work/construction work by respondent no. 5 on his private land against land use, more particularly plot nos. 53 and 55 of Bhagwan Puram Mehra Colony, Shikohabad. 2. The petitioner claims himself to be a social worker and that he has raised public issues/grievances on various forums and that he has no personal interest in filing the instant petition. 3. A perusal of the petition indicates that several complaints relating to the subject matter of the petition have been annexed having been filed by the residents of the colony in question. However, admittedly, the petitioner is not a resident of the colony and as to in what manner the petitioner, came in possession of the said documents and/or decided to take up the issue, the petition is absolutely silent. 4. Filing of PILs, without complying with the requirements of the mandate of Hon'ble Supreme Court in State of Uttaranchal v. Balwant Singh Chaufal and others : 2010 AIR SCW 1029 and sub-rule (3A) of Rule 1 of Chapter XXII of the Allahabad High Court Rules, 1952, cannot be countenanced. Versus Counsel for Petitioner(s) : Saran Kumar Counsel for Respondent(s) : Abhinava Krishna Srivastava, Akansha Sharma, S.C. Vinod Kumar .....Petitioner(s) The State of U.P. and 4 others .....Respondent(s) 5. The petitioner having failed to indicate the requisites cannot maintain the present petition. The same is, therefore, dismissed. October 9, 2025 nd WPIL No. 3159 of 2025 2 (Kshitij Shailendra, J) (Arun Bhansali, CJ) Digitally signed by :- NISITH DEY High Court of Judicature at Allahabad