HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW PUBLIC INTEREST LITIGATION (PIL) No. - 19911 of 2017 Court No. - 1 HON'BLE RAJAN ROY, J. HON'BLE RAJEEV BHARTI, J. 1. Ms. Isha Mittal, learned Additional Chief Standing Counsel for the State respondents. None appears on behalf of the petitioner to press this Public Interest Litigation. 2. This Public Interest Litigation was filed in the year 2017 for removal of encroachments on parks which were named after freedom fighters. Counter affidavit has been filed stating that continuous efforts are being made to remove such encroachments, however, it also speaks of non- availability of police force being an impediment. Nevertheless, in view of the issue involved, we dispose of this petition with observation/ direction that the respondents concerned, especially, respondent nos.3 to 6 shall get an on the spot inspection conducted as to encroachment, if any, in respect of the parks in question and if there is any such encroachment, then all efforts shall be made to remove the same, as per law, unless there is any legal impediment. The Superintendent of Police concerned shall provide necessary police assistance for the same. 3. With the aforesaid, the public interest litigation is disposed of. November 18, 2025 Arnima Versus Counsel for Petitioner(s) : Devendra Pratap Singh Kam, Devendra Pratap, Ravindra Kumar Singh Raj Counsel for Respondent(s) : C.S.C., R.P. Singh, Rishabh Tripathi, Satish Chandra Kashish (Rajeev Bharti,J.) (Rajan Roy,J.) Anubhav Saxena .....Petitioner(s) State Of U.P. Thru. Commissioner Lucknow Division And 5 Others .....Respondent(s) Digitally signed by :- ARNIMA SINGH High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench