HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD PUBLIC INTEREST LITIGATION (PIL) No. - 2282 of 2026 Court No. - 51 HON'BLE ARUN KUMAR, J. 1. Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and learned Standing Counsel for the State respondents. Sri P. K. Gupta, Advocate has accepted notice on behalf of respondent Gaon Sabha. 2. The present petition has been filed seeking a direction to the respondent authorities to remove the illegal encroachment made by the encroachers over plot nos. 49, 51-Sa, 51 recorded as Pond, Banjar and Chakmarg in the revenue records relating to Village Bhendawa Tappa Charkaila, Tehsil and District Basti. 3. Learned Standing Counsel has raised a preliminary objection that petitioners have alternative remedy to approach appropriate authority by moving an application under Section 26/67 of the Uttar Pradesh Revenue Code, 2006, in view of the Division Bench judgment of this Court in the case of Amaruddin Ansari Vs. State of U.P. and 5 others, passed in Public Interest Litigation (PIL) No.655 of 2026, decided on 18.03.2026, upholding the Coordinate Bench decision of this Court in the case of Kanhaiya Lal Vs. State of U.P. and others reported in 2023 (12) ADJ 226. 4. Since the petitioners have alternative remedy, I am not inclined to entertain the instant petition. 5. In case the petitioners move an application under Section 26/67 of Uttar Pradesh Revenue Code, 2006, before appropriate authority, the same shall be decided after hearing all the concerned parties in Versus Counsel for Petitioner(s) : Ganesh Kumar Counsel for Respondent(s) : C.S.C., Pankaj Kumar Gupta Deenanath And 2 Others .....Petitioner(s) State Of U.P. And 7 Others .....Respondent(s) accordance with law. 6. Accordingly, the present petition is disposed of. September 23, 2026 Ashok Kr. WPIL No. 2282 of 2026 2 (Arun Kumar,J.) Digitally signed by :- ASHOK KUMAR High Court of Judicature at Allahabad