Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC:27067 Court No. - 34 Case :- WRIT - C No. - 4772 of 2025 Petitioner :- Ram Raj Patel Respondent :- State Of U.P. And 4 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Moeez Uddin Counsel for Respondent :- Azad Rai,C.S.C. Hon'ble Manish Kumar Nigam,J. 1. Heard learned counsel for the parties and perused the record. 2. The present petition has been filed with the following prayer: "(A). To issue a writ, order or direction in the nature of mandamus directing the respondents to remove the illegal encroachment over the government land bearing Gata No. 198 area 0.1740 Hectare situated at Village- Puranpur, Tehsil-SOraon, District-Prayagraj." 3. Learned Standing Counsel has raised a preliminary objection that the petitioner has an alternative remedy to approach appropriate authority by moving an application under Section 67 of the Uttar Pradesh Revenue Code, 2006 in view of the judgment passed by this Court in Jahar Singh v. State of U.P. reported in 2017(4) ADJ 619 as well as in Kanhaiya Lal v. State of U.P. and others reported in 2023 (12) ADJ 226. 4. Since the petitioner has an alternative remedy, I am not inclined to entertain the instant petition. 5. In case, the petitioner moves an application under Section 67 of Uttar Pradesh Revenue Code, 2006, before appropriate authority, the same shall be decided after hearing all the concerned parties in accordance with law. 6. With the aforesaid observation, the petition is disposed of. Order Date :- 27.2.2025 Ved Prakash (Manish Kumar Nigam,J.) Digitally signed by :- VED PRAKASH SHARMA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad