HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW PUBLIC INTEREST LITIGATION (PIL) No. - 1046 of 2025 Court No. - 17 HON'BLE SUBHASH VIDYARTHI, J. 1. Heard Sri Ram Lakhan Vishwakarma, learned Counsel for the Petitioner; Sri Rahul Shukla, learned Additional Chief Standing Counsel for the State of UP; and Sri Dileep Kumar Pandey, learned Counsel for opposite party No. 6, Land Management Committee/ Gram Sabha- Safipur, Pargana SriNagar, Tehsil Lakhimpur, District Kheri. 2. By means of the instant Writ Petition, filed in Public Interest, the petitioners have sought issuance of a writ of Mandamus commanding the authorities to remove the encroachment made by the opposite party Nos. 7 to 22 upon a Rasta bearing Gata No.371, measuring 1.501 hectare, situated at village Safipur, Pargana Srinagar, Tehsil Lakhimpur, District Kheri, and to cancel Pradhanmantri Avas of the opposite parties. 3. On the basis of written instructions dated 26.09.2025 provided by the Sub-Divisional Magistrate, Lakhimpur, learned Additional Chief Standing Counsel has informed the court that proceedings under section 67(1) of UP Land Revenue Code 2006 have already been instituted against the persons who have made encroachment on public land. By means of further instructions dated 11.10.2025, it has also been clarified that several opposite parties reside in the same house as members of one family, and in such cases, a single proceeding has been instituted in respect of one house, though several persons reside in the house. A copy Versus Counsel for Petitioner(s) : Ram Lakhan Vishwakarma, Chandrashekhar Sharma, Gaurav Kumar Maurya Counsel for Respondent(s) : C.S.C., Dilip Kumar Pandey Sanjay Gupta And 4 Others .....Petitioner(s) State Of U.P .Thru. Addl. Chief Secy. Of Revenue Deptt. Lko. And 21 Others .....Respondent(s) of the instructions is kept on record. 4. As statutory proceedings for removal of persons from illegal possession over public land have already been instituted, no further interference is required in this instant Public Interest Litigation. The instant petition is disposed of, observing that the proceedings instituted under section 67(1), U.P. Land Revenue Code 2006 shall be concluded expeditiously in accordance with law. October 13, 2025 A.Nigam WPIL No. 1046 of 2025 2 (Subhash Vidyarthi,J.) Digitally signed by :- ANUJ NIGAM High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench