HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD PUBLIC INTEREST LITIGATION (PIL) No. - 665 of 2026 Court No. - 21 HON'BLE MAHESH CHANDRA TRIPATHI, J. HON'BLE KUNAL RAVI SINGH, J. 1. Heard learned counsel for the petitioners, Mr. Devesh Vikram, learned Additional Chief Standing Counsel appearing for the State-respondents, and Shri Prateek Kumar, learned counsel appearing for respondent nos. 8 and 9. 2. The instant Public Interest Litigation has been preferred under Article 226 of the Constitution, inter alia, seeking the following reliefs: "a) Issue a writ, order or direction in the nature of mandamus directing the respondents to stop the construction of proposed project for Rail Over Bridge on Main Road in Industrial Estate Nunhai, Agra for the outside residential Colony of Prakash Nagar Unit, Plot No. 71 to 53 situated within the boundary of Industrial Development which is Government Land, b) Issue a writ, order or direction in the nature of mandamus directing the respondent to shift the aforesaid Rail Over Bride (hereinafter referred as ROB) Project to somewhere else so that justice can be done to the factories run under the Estate Nunhai. c) Issue any other suitable writ, order or direction which this Hon'ble Court may deem fit and proper in the facts and circumstances of the case. d) Award the costs of the petition to the petitioners." Versus Counsel for Petitioner(s) : Alok Kumar Dwivedi, Arti Agarwal, Indra Deo Mishra, Jigyasa Singh Counsel for Respondent(s) : C.S.C., Prateek Kumar Factory Owners Association And 4 Others .....Petitioner(s) State Of U.P. And 9 Others .....Respondent(s) 3. The instant petition has been preferred as a Public Interest Litigation on the basis of an authority letter issued by the President, Factory Owners’ Association, which is filed as Annexure-2 to the petition. The said letter does not confer any valid authorization in the eyes of law. 4. In the facts and circumstances of the case, we do not recognize the said authorization, as the same is not in accordance with law. 5. Confronted with the aforesaid situation, learned counsel for the petitioners fairly submits that the instant Public Interest Litigation be dismissed as not pressed, and leave may be accorded to the petitioners to institute a fresh proceedings in accordance with law. 6. With the aforesaid leave, the petition is dismissed as not pressed. March 19, 2026 Mukesh Kr. WPIL No. 665 of 2026 2 (Kunal Ravi Singh,J.) (Mahesh Chandra Tripathi,J.) Digitally signed by :- MUKESH KUMAR High Court of Judicature at Allahabad