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Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC:141109-DB Court No. - 21 Case :- PUBLIC INTEREST LITIGATION (PIL) No. - 2295 of 2025 Petitioner :- Jagdish Singh Respondent :- State Of U.P. And 3 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Rajesh Yadav Counsel for Respondent :- Abhishek Krishna,C.S.C. Hon'ble Manoj Kumar Gupta,J. Hon'ble Ram Manohar Narayan Mishra,J.
1. At the request of learned counsel for the petitioner, he is permitted to correct the description of respondent No.4 in the cause title.
2. The present petition filed as public interest litigation is for issuing direction to respondents No.2 to 4 to remove illegal encroachment from the land bearing Arazi No.972 area about 186 Kadi/0.075 Hectare situated at Mauza/Mohalla Aelwal, Pargana Nizamabad, Tehsil Sadar District- Azamgarh.
3. The case of the petitioner is that encroachment has been made over the aforesaid land, recorded as Nala in the revenue records.
4. Sri Abhishek Krishna, Advocate appearing on behalf of respondent No.4 submits that according to instructions received by him from respondent No.4, the Sub Divisional Magistrate, Sadar, Azamgarh by communication dated 14.08.2025 has apprised respondent No.4 of the complaint of the petitioner. The aforesaid communication also mentions that a revenue team has been constituted by him, and it would carry out demarcation on the spot, and thereafter in case any encroachment is found, required action would be taken.
5. Learned counsel for the respondent No.4 submits that after demarcation is carried out, appropriate action, as per law would be taken.
6. As the respondents have already initiated proceedings for demarcation and are aware of the grievance of the petitioner, we are of the opinion, that at this stage, no further direction is required to be issued except for the observation that the respondents would proceed in the matter strictly in accordance with law.
7. Accordingly, the petition stands disposed of. Order Date :- 19.8.2025 Ashish/- (R.M.N.Mishra, J.) (Manoj Kumar Gupta, J.) Digitally signed by :- ASHISH KUMAR SINGH High Court of Judicature at Allahabad