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2025 DAILYLAW 165832 (ALL)

DEVENDRA PRATAP SINGH v. STATE OF U.P. THRU. PRIN. SECY. DEPTT. REVENUE SECTT. LKO. AND 8 OTHERS

WPIL/983/2025 · 2025-09-25

Pankaj Bhatia

Public Interest Litigationbody2025

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HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW PUBLIC INTEREST LITIGATION (PIL) No. - 983 of 2025 Court No. - 6 HON'BLE PANKAJ BHATIA, J. 1. Heard learned Counsel for the petitioner and learned Standing Counsel. 2. The present petition has been filed with the following prayers: "i. Issue a further writ, order or direction in the nature of mandamus, directing the opposite parties not to proceed with the construction of the Gaushala on Gata No. 1823, Gram Sabha Gulariha, Tehsil Payagpur, District Bahraich. ii. Issue a writ, order or direction in the nature of certiorari, quashing the financial sanction dated 30.03.2025 (Annexure No. 4) and any other consequential order permitting construction of a Gaushala on the said land. iii. Issue a writ, order or direction commanding the opposite parties to preserve and protect the trees and the pond situated on the said land, and to treat it as protected Banjhar land as per revenue records." 3. Learned Standing Counsel based upon the instructions states that a Gaushala is being constructed by the Animal Husbandry Department, which is a public cause. 4. Considering the fact that no substantial violation of any right is shown Versus Counsel for Petitioner(s) : Rahul Kumar Shukla, Mohit Singh, Shivam Srivastava Counsel for Respondent(s) : C.S.C., Pankaj Gupta Devendra Pratap Singh .....Petitioner(s) State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Deptt. Revenue Sectt. Lko. And 8 Others .....Respondent(s) except by arguing that in the same village two Gaushalas are being constructed. The same by itself would not give any cause of action for the petitioner to approach this Court for filing PIL. No good ground is made out. 5. The petition is dismissed accordingly. September 25, 2025 akverma WPIL No. 983 of 2025 2 (Pankaj Bhatia,J.) Digitally signed by :- ASHOK KUMAR VERMA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench