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Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC:108496 Court No. - 5 Case :- PUBLIC INTEREST LITIGATION (PIL) No. - 1291 of 2025 Petitioner :- Poonam Respondent :- Union Of India And 5 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Bashisth Narain Pandey Counsel for Respondent :- A.S.G.I.,C.S.C.,Pankaj Kumar Gupta,Saumitra Singh Hon'ble Saurabh Shyam Shamshery,J. Heard Sri Bashisth Narain Pandey, learned counsel for petitioner and Sri P.K. Shahi, learned A.C.S.C. for State. This Court has passed following order on 17.10.2024 :-
"Heard Sri Bashisth Narain Pandey, learned counsel for the petitioner and Sri A.K Chaurasia, learned Additional Chief Standing Counsel. Affidavit in this present PIL is defective since it has been sworn by the husband of petitioner without any averment that petitioner is not able to travel from Basti to Prayagraj. This is the second round of litigation. In the first round of litigation PIL No. 2120 of 2023, Poonam Vs. State of U.P. & Ors, Neutral Citation No.2023:AHC:200174 was dismissed with an observation to move an application under Section 67 of the U.P. Revenue Code, 2006. Thereafter, representation/complaint were forwarded by the State respondents which has been forwarded to one officer to other without taking note for the purpose to initiate inquiry under Section 67 (1) of the U.P. Revenue Code, 2006. Learned Additional Chief Standing Counsel submits that he has no specific instructions about the outcome of said representation/complaint, but he ensures that concerned Lekhpal/tehsildar will take note of said complaint and in case it is sufficient to proceed for the purpose to initiate proceedings under Section 67 of aforesaid provision, he will do so within a short period and concerned authority will also take note of guidelines of
judgment passed by this Court in Writ-C No.6658 of 2022;Rishipal Singh Vs. State of U.P. and other connected writ petitions reported in 2022 SCC Online All 829 which has been reported recently in Public Interest Litigation (PIL) No.390 of 2022, Nanhe Lal Kanaujia Vs. Sate of U.P. & 7 Ors, Neutral Citation No.:-2023:AHC:LKO:43623. Accordingly, this Public Interest Litigation is disposed of. "
Learned counsel for petitioner submits that petitioner has filed a complaint on 05.11.2024, which was received at the office of
concerned respondent but no further proceedings is initiated. Learned A.C.S.C. for State on instruction submits that petitioner is raising her personal grievance by way of PIL. In the aforesaid circumstances, this petition is disposed of with an observation that in case respondent's submissions are correct, the application so filed can be dismissed with a cost with reasons or otherwise direction passed by this Court by order dated 17.10.2024 be complied with.
Order Date :- 9.7.2025 P. Pandey Digitally signed by :- PUSHPENDRA PANDEY High Court of Judicature at Allahabad