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HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD PUBLIC INTEREST LITIGATION (PIL) No. - 2774 of 2025 Chief Justice's Court HON'BLE ARUN BHANSALI, CHIEF JUSTICE HON'BLE KSHITIJ SHAILENDRA, J.
1. This petition purportedly in public interest has been filed by the petitioner inter alia seeking a direction to the respondents to delete/cancel the entries in the revenue record pertaining to large number of khasras alleging the same to be forest land.
2. A perusal of record indicates that the land has been recorded in the names of respondent nos. 8 to 13 under order dated 10.02.2022 passed by the court of Naib Tehsildar, Shankargarh, Prayagraj in a suit instituted under Section 34 of the U.P. Land Revenue Act, 1901.
3. Filing of a PIL, seeking to question the validity of an order passed by the competent revenue court cannot be countenanced. If the petitioner has a right, the petitioner can question the validity of the order in accordance with law.
4. The petition is therefore, dismissed, with the above observations. September 22, 2025 Sandeep/Sazia Versus Counsel for Petitioner(s) : Ashish Kumar Singh, Praveen Kumar Singh Counsel for Respondent(s) : Purnendu Kumar Singh A.S.G.I., Jagdish Pathak (S.C.), Azad Rai (Kshitij Shailendra,J.) (Arun Bhansali,CJ.) Rampal Singh .....Petitioner(s) Union of India and 12 others .....Respondent(s) Digitally signed by :- SANDEEP KUMAR High Court of Judicature at Allahabad