HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW PUBLIC INTEREST LITIGATION (PIL) No. - 1060 of 2025 Court No. - 1 HON'BLE RAJAN ROY, J. HON'BLE RAJEEV BHARTI, J. 1. Heard. 2. Vakalatnama filed today by Shri I.M. Pandey, Advocate on behalf of opposite party No. 9 is taken on record. 3. Learned counsel appearing for Nagar Palika says that earlier the charge of Executive Officer, Nagar Palika Parishad, Palia, Lakhimpur Kheri was with the Sub Divisional Magistrate who had passed the order dated 26.5.2025 under Section 24 of the U.P. Revenue Code, 2006 which is under challenge in this PIL. Subsequently, on appointment of a regular Executive Officer, an appeal has been preferred against the said order. 4. As the said order is under challenge in a statutory appeal, there is no reason for us to entertain this PIL at this stage. 5. Let the appellate authority/court consider and dispose of the appeal of the Nagar Palika if it is in accordance with Rules, as per law, at the earliest, say, within four months. 6. In future if the occasion arises, it shall be open for the petitioner to file a petition in public interest, subject to satisfaction of other requirements. 7. As regards the relief no. 3, Shri Vivek Shukla, learned Additional C.S.C. has instructions from the Executive Engineer, PWD, Lakhimpur Versus Counsel for Petitioner(s) : Girish Kumar Pandey, Shivendra Singh Suryavans Counsel for Respondent(s) : C.S.C., Anil Kumar Mishra Bhoopram .....Petitioner(s) State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Revenue And 8 Others .....Respondent(s) Kheri that there is no encroachment. It is open for the petitioner to raise this issue separately as two different cause of actions cannot be joined in this petition. 8. With the aforesaid observations/directions, this petition is disposed of. October 9, 2025 Shravan WPIL No. 1060 of 2025 2 (Rajeev Bharti,J.) (Rajan Roy,J.) Digitally signed by :- SHRAVAN KUMAR High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench