Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC:90503-DB Chief Justice's Court Case :- PUBLIC INTEREST LITIGATION (PIL) No. - 1410 of 2025 Petitioner :- Pramod Singh Kushwaha Respondent :- Union of India and 4 others Counsel for Petitioner :- Rajesh Kumar Singh,Vijay Krishna Chaturvedi Counsel for Respondent :- A.S.G.I.,C.S.C.,Mahendra Pratap, Sudhanshu Srivastava Hon'ble Arun Bhansali,Chief Justice Hon'ble Kshitij Shailendra,J. 1. This petition purportedly in public interest has been filed by the petitioner seeking a direction to the respondents-National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) to stop construction of foot over bridge (FOB) along with ramp at 80.2 Kilometer Milestone of Varanasi Gorakhpur Road. A further prayer has been made seeking a direction to NHAI to construct underpass beneath pre-existing PWD pitch road in Gram Panchayat Deokathiya to facilitate through and through utilization of said pre-existing PWD pitch road. 2. A perusal of the petition indicates that even without approaching the concerned authorities, the petitioner has rushed to this Court seeking the above reliefs. 3. The construction of foot over bridge and/or underpass is within the domain of the NHAI, who has the expertise to take a decision for construction of either the foot over bridge and/or the underpass. 4. In view thereof, the petition filed by the petitioner is disposed of. The petitioner may approach the concerned NHAI, respondent no. 5 with a detailed representation raising all the issues as raised in the present petition. It would be required of the said authority to look into the plea/submissions raised by the petitioner and take a decision in accordance with law with expedition preferably within a period of four months. Order Date :- 27.5.2025 Sandeep/SL (Kshitij Shailendra, J) (Arun Bhansali, CJ) Digitally signed by :- SANDEEP KUMAR High Court of Judicature at Allahabad