HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD PUBLIC INTEREST LITIGATION (PIL) No. - 1508 of 2026 Chief Justice's Court HON'BLE ARUN BHANSALI, CHIEF JUSTICE HON'BLE KSHITIJ SHAILENDRA, J. 1. This petition has been filed by the petitioner seeking a direction to the respondent-Municipal Corporation and the Traffic Police to immediately initiate emergency procurement and installation of high-clearance green shade nets/ canopy screens (75% to 90% density) across all major high- density urban traffic junctions and railway/bus approach zones specifically along the G.T. Road corridor at a safe vertical height meeting Indian Road Congress guidelines in Kanpur City. 2. On 17.06.2026, counter affidavit was sought from the respondents, pursuant to which respondents no. 3 and 4 have filed counter affidavit inter alia indicating that in terms of prayer made, the respondents have put up the green shades as required at eight locations. Based on the said submissions, prayer was made that the petition has been rendered infructuous. 3. Counsel for the petitioner made submissions that besides the fact that the green shades set up by the respondents were inadequate as they were set up at eight places only, now they have been removed by the respondents and, therefore, a direction needs to be given to the respondents to cover more such areas and ensure that next year, the requisite green shades are set up in time i.e. when summer heat starts at least from the month of May onwards. 4. Counsel appearing for the respondents submits that needful in future Versus Counsel for Petitioner(s) : Jasmeet Singh, Satyam Jaiswal Counsel for Respondent(s) : Munna Pandey, Ankit Gaur (S.C.), Amrendra Pratap Singh Ravinder Singh Arora .....Petitioner(s) State of U.P. and 3 others .....Respondent(s) would be done by the respondents. 5. In view of the above fact situation, the petition filed by the petitioner is disposed of. 6. It would be required of the respondents to ensure that in future, the requisite green shades, as have been put up after the petition was filed this year, shall be put up by the respondents at the requisite locations and they will not wait for some petition of the present nature to be filed. October 6, 2026 SL/Sazia WPIL No. 1508 of 2026 2 (Kshitij Shailendra,J.) (Arun Bhansali,CJ.) Digitally signed by :- SHYAM LAL High Court of Judicature at Allahabad