Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC-LKO:45342-DB Court No. - 2 Case :- WRIT - C No. - 7276 of 2025 Petitioner :- Suman Khanna Respondent :- State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Urban Development U.P. Lko. And 4 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Shresth Agarwal,Deepak Kumar Singh,Salma Bano Counsel for Respondent :- C.S.C.,Anuj Kumar Srivastava Hon'ble Mrs. Sangeeta Chandra,J. Hon'ble Brij Raj Singh,J. 1. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner, learned Standing Counsel appearing on behalf of the State Respondents and Sri Anuj Kumar Srivastava, Advocate, who has filed power on behalf of the Executive Officer, Nagar Palika Parishad, Hardoi. 2. This petition has been filed with the following main prayer:- "issue a writ, order or direction in the nature of mandamus commending the opp. parties concerned to provide the proper force and arrangement on the expenses of petitioner for maintaining the law and order for complying the order /notice dated 30.5.2025 issued by the opp. party no. 3 to petitioner while at the time of demolishing the house of the petitioner in the interest of justice expeditiously within the stipulated time as Provided by this Hon'ble court in the interest of justice." 3. It has been submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that the petitioner is an old widow aged about 81 years of age and lives alone in Hardoi. She has 105 years old house situated at Mohalla Bahara Saudagar, Raj Medical Hall Wali Gali, District Hardoi, for which the Nagar Palika Parishad has sent notice to the petitioner to demolish it on 30.05.2025. The petitioner wants to comply with the order, but due to the interference by three persons, namely, Mannu Lal Singh, Vinod Gupta and Mahadev Marathan, residents of Raj Medical Hall Wali Gali, District Hardoi, the house has not been demolished. The Nagar Palika Parishad after issuance of notice on 30.05.2025 has done nothing to provide petitioner with wherewithal to demolish the house, which is in a dilapidated condition as is admitted by the Nagar Palika Parishad itself. 4. Sri Anuj Kumar Srivastava, learned Standing Counsel, on the basis of instructions, says that there are three tenants of the petitioner, who are residing in the house and they are not vacating the house, therefore, Nagar Palika Parishad cannot do anything in the matter. 5. Learned Standing Counsel has informed this Court about instructions sent from the Police Station concerned, wherein it has been stated that they have received a complaint regarding three persons residing illegally in building/ dilapidated house and no Competent Authority has passed any order for the Police to take action either against them or to help petitioner in demolishing the said house. 6. Learned counsel for the petitioner says that the petitioner has sent a representation on 04.06.2025 to the District Magistrate Hardoi and a copy of which has been forwarded also to the Superintendent of Police, Hardoi and City Magistrate, Hardoi along with S.H.O., Police Station Bahra Saudagar, Hardoi, asking them to help her in getting the house demolished. She is willing to pay the expenses for such demolition to be carried out. 7. This petition is disposed of with a direction to the District Magistrate Hardoi, to look into the grievance of the petitioner and pass appropriate orders within a period of three weeks from the date a certified copy of this order is produced before him. Order Date :- 5.8.2025 Rahul Digitally signed by :- RAHUL TRIPATHI High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench