Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC:56561 Court No. - 7 Case :- WRIT - C No. - 7357 of 2025 Petitioner :- Gaurav Sharma Respondent :- State Of U.P. And 5 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Jai Govind Upadhyay,Ram Akbal Upadhyay Counsel for Respondent :- C.S.C. Hon'ble Vikram D. Chauhan,J. 1. The petitioner claims to be a villager and stated that the sale deed has been made without the permission of the Collector by person belonging to Scheduled Caste category. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the property in question is a public land belonging to Gaon Sabha. The Gaon Sabha has not come upon before this Court. 2. On a query being made to learned counsel for the petitioner as what is the locus of the petitioner, learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner is a villager. It is the Gaon Sabha who can seek an order for eviction of the private respondent. The petitioner has not filed the petition in the public interest as such the present writ petition is not maintainable. The writ petition is dismissed. However, the petitioner would be at liberty to take recourse of public interest litigation as may be permissible under law. Order Date :- 17.4.2025 VMA Digitally signed by :- VISHWA MOHAN ARORA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad