RUKHSANA KHATOON v. STATE OF U.P. THRU. PRIN. SECY. REVENUE DEPTT. AND 8 OTHERS
WPIL/1114/2025 · 2025-11-06
Subhash Vidyarthi
Public Interest Litigationbody2025
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[ 2025 DAILYLAW 178027 (ALL) · dailylaw.ai ]
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HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW PUBLIC INTEREST LITIGATION (PIL) No. - 1114 of 2025 Court No. - 17 HON'BLE SUBHASH VIDYARTHI, J.
1. Heard Sri Shiv Sharan Singh, the learned counsel for the petitioner and Sri Anil Kumar Kishwaha, the learned counsel for the State of U.P., Sri Farhan Habib, the learned counsel for the opposite party no. 2-U.P. Sunni Central Waqf Board.
2. By means of the instant petition filed in public interest, the petitioner has sought a direction to the opposite parties no. 2 & 3 to remove encroachment made over graveyard land.
3. The land is recorded in the name of a Waqf and the Waqf or its Mutwalli has not come forward.
4. Accordingly, the instant petition is dismissed leaving it open to the Waqf to initiate proceedings for removal of the encroachment. November 6, 2025 Pradeep/- Versus Counsel for Petitioner(s) : Shiv Sharan Singh Counsel for Respondent(s) : C.S.C., Farhan Habib (Subhash Vidyarthi,J.) Rukhsana Khatoon .....Petitioner(s) State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Revenue Deptt. And 8 Others .....Respondent(s) Digitally signed by :- PRADEEP SINGH High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench