HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD PUBLIC INTEREST LITIGATION (PIL) No. - 2367 of 2025 Court No. - 9 HON'BLE MANISH KUMAR NIGAM, J. 1. Heard learned counsel for the parties and perused the record. 2. The present petition has been filed with the following prayer: "Issue a Writ, order or direction in the nature of mandamus commanding the Respondent No. 2 to direct the Respondent Nos. 05 to 08 to remove the illegal encroachment upon Arazi No. 18M/0.036 Hectare situated at Mauja Bahorikpur, Pargana Gadwara, Tehsil Badlapur, District Jaunpur." 3. Learned Standing Counsel has raised a preliminary objection that the petitioner has an alternative remedy to approach appropriate authority by moving an application under Section 67 of the Uttar Pradesh Revenue Code, 2006 in view of the judgment passed by this Court in Jahar Singh v. State of U.P. reported in 2017(4) ADJ 619 as well as in Kanhaiya Lal v. State of U.P. and others reported in 2023 (12) ADJ 226. 4. Since the petitioner has an alternative remedy, I am not inclined to entertain the instant petition. 5. In case, the petitioner moves an application under Section 67 Versus Counsel for Petitioner(s) : Manoj Kumar Singh, Rana Pratap Singh Counsel for Respondent(s) : Bhupendra Kumar Tripathi, C.S.C., Chandra Kumar Singh Amarjeet .....Petitioner(s) State Of U.P. And 7 Others .....Respondent(s) of Uttar Pradesh Revenue Code, 2006, before appropriate authority, the same shall be decided after hearing all the concerned parties in accordance with law. 6. With the aforesaid observation, the petition is disposed of. September 24, 2025 Ved Prakash WPIL No. 2367 of 2025 2 (Manish Kumar Nigam,J.) Digitally signed by :- VED PRAKASH SHARMA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad