Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC:50429 Court No. - 49 Case :- PUBLIC INTEREST LITIGATION (PIL) No. - 141 of 2025 Petitioner :- Collector Singh And 14 Others Respondent :- State Of U.P. And 9 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Neelam Singh,Preet Pal Singh Rathore Counsel for Respondent :- C.S.C.,Sher Bahadur Singh Hon'ble J.J. Munir,J. At the outset, learned counsel for the petitioner made a submission that this PIL be permitted to be withdrawn. The prayer is rejected because in a public interest litigation, the party who has come before the Court espouses a public cause and has no personal locus which he can abandoned at his sweet will. The Court has taken cognizance of the public interest involved and proceeds with the matter. In compliance with the order dated 02.04.2025, the District Magistrate, Budaun and the Sub Divisional Magistrate, Sahaswan, district Budaun have submitted a report of the joint inspection through the Registrar General which reads: "पबबब्लिक इन्टटट्रेस्ट लब्लिटटकट्रे शन (PIL) ससंख्यय- 141/2025 मम मय० उच्च न्ययययब्लिय इब्लियहयबयद दयरय पयररत आदट्रेश टदनयसंक 02.04.2025 कट्रे अननुपयब्लिन मम लजिब्लियलधिकयररी एवसं उपलजिब्लियलधिकयररी ककी ससंयनुक टनररीक्षण आख्यय टदनयसंक 04.04.2025 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- रयजिस्व गयम ब्लिनुधिपनुरय परगनय व तह० सहसवयन जिनपद बदययययूँ ककी गयटय ससं० 130 टम रकबय 0.240 हट्रे० मम पयनरी ककी टसंककी टनमयर्माणयधिरीन हहै। इस गयटय ससं० मम पम्प हयउस कय टनमयर्माण कययर्मा पयणर्मा हहो चनुकय हहै तथय पम्प हयउस टक्रिययशरीब्लि हहै। पम्प हयउस कहो टवदनुत आपयटतर्मा हट्रेतनु सहोब्लिर प्ब्लिट्रेट फयमर्मा स्थयटपत टकयय जिय चनुकय हहै एवसं आकबस्मक टवदनुत आपयटतर्मा हट्रेतनु प्ब्लिट्रेटफयमर्मा बनयकर जिनरट्रेटर स्थयटपत टकयय जिय चनुकय हहै। इस पम्प हयउस सट्रे सरीधिट्रे रयजिस्व गयम ब्लिनुधिपनुरय व रयजिस्व गयम शनुजिययतगसंजि पचततौर कट्रे गयमरीणणों कहो जिब्लि जिरीवन टमशन पररयहोजिनय कट्रे तहत स्वच्छ जिब्लि ककी आपयटतर्मा ककी जिय रहरी हहै। रयजिस्व गयम ब्लिनुधिपनुरय ककी गयटय ससं० 130 टम रकबय 0.240 हट्रे० रयजिस्व अटभिब्लिट्रेखणों मम शट्रेणरी-6(4) खलब्लिहयन कट्रे रूप मम दजिर्मा हहै जिहो सयवर्माजिटनक उपयहोग ककी भियटम हहै। ररपहोटर्मा सट्रेवयथर्मा पट्रेटषित हहै। ह० अपठनरीय ह० अपठनरीय उपलजिब्लियलधिकयररी लजिब्लियलधिकयररी सहसवयन वदययययूँ" Though Khalihan is a public utility land governed by Section 77 of the U.P. Revenue Code, 2006 wherein no Bhumidhari rights can accrue, what is impressed upon the Court by Mr. Girijesh Kumar Tripathi, learned Additional Chief Standing Counsel, is that the land here has not been utilized for the creation of a Bhumidhari by the State in favour of any private person. It has been utilized for a public purpose that is the setting up of a Pump House which has already become operational. The Pump House is powered by a solar platform which too has been established and supported by a generator for contingent electricity failures. This Pump House would benefit the revenue villages of Ludhpura and Shujayatganj Pachtaur where natives of both villages would benefit immensely from this project of the Jal Jeevan Mission. They would get clean water. The land on which this Pump Station has been constructed, that is to say, Plot No. 130 (m)/0.240 hectares, is acknowledged to be recorded as a Khalihan which is indeed a public utility land. Considering that the land has been utilized for a public purpose, we do not think that any further orders, disturbing the constructions made, are required. At the same time, in keeping with the legislative mandate to preserve public utility land that figures in a slightly different context in sub-section (2) of Section 77, we think that the spirit of the law would be satiated, if the area of land, equal to that of the Khalihan utilized for establishing the Pumping Station, is provided to the natives of the village elsewhere. It may be an area larger than that taken away. This land which will be reserved as a Khalihan shall be provided to the residents of village Ludhpura, Pargana & Tehsil Sahaswan, district Budaun within a month and a report regarding earmarking and provision of this land to the Gaon Sabha Ludhpura shall be submitted before the Registrar General by the District Magistrate, Budaun within the period of one month. Once the report is submitted, the Registrar General shall make a note thereof on the order sheet and direct it to be retained on record. This petition is disposed of in terms of the aforesaid orders. Let this order be communicated to the Collector, Budaun through the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Budaun by the Registrar (Compliance) within 24 hours. Order Date :- 8.4.2025 Brijesh Maurya Digitally signed by :- BRIJESH KUMAR High Court of Judicature at Allahabad