HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD PUBLIC INTEREST LITIGATION (PIL) No. - 2101 of 2025 Court No. - 50 HON'BLE AJAY BHANOT, J. Personal affidavit filed on behalf of Additional District Magistrate, Hapur is taken on record. Learned Standing Counsel has filed an affidavit which asserts that public land has not been encroached in the instant case. Shri Ramesh Chandra, learned counsel for the petitioner disputes the aforesaid affidavit. The Court declines to entertain the PIL as it involves a disputed question of fact which needs to be adjudicated in the first instance by a competent court. There is efficacious remedy available to the petitioner under the appropriate provisions of the U.P. Revenue Code for vacation of illegal encroachment. With the above observations and without going into the merits of the controversy the writ petition is dismissed on the ground of alternative remedy. September 23, 2025 Vandit Versus Counsel for Petitioner(s) : Ramesh Chandra Counsel for Respondent(s) : Asharfi Lal, C.S.C., Sunil Kumar Singh (Ajay Bhanot,J.) Deepak Kumar .....Petitioner(s) State Of U.P. And 6 Others .....Respondent(s) Digitally signed by :- VANDIT AGRAWAL High Court of Judicature at Allahabad