Single judge discharged PIL challenging erection of shops on land recorded as road for 60 years. Court held petition adverse to public interest, dismissing it since it sought to disturb decades-old status quo.
Direction to restore land and remove construction was refused; petition dismissed.
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Neutral Citation No. - 2024:AHC:111239-DB
Chief Justice's Court
Case :- PUBLIC INTEREST LITIGATION (PIL) No. - 1210 of 2024
Petitioner :- Lokesh Kumar Khurana Respondent :- State of UP and 4 others Counsel for Petitioner :- Dhawan Kumar Pandey, Rajesh Mishra Counsel for Respondent :- C.S.C., Seema Agarwal (S.C.), Pankaj Srivastava, Archana Srivastava
Hon'ble Arun Bhansali,Chief Justice
Hon'ble Vikas Budhwar,J.
Order Date :- 9.7.2024 Mukesh Pal/Rajesh
(Vikas Budhwar, J) (Arun Bhansali, CJ)
Digitally signed by :- MUKESH PAL High Court of Judicature at Allahabad
2 issues framed by the court
Whether a PIL filed to alter a land status existing for over sixty years qualifies as public interest.
Whether the petition seeks to disturb a long-standing status quo contrary to public interest.
Lokesh Kumar Khurana
State of UP
4 others
Arun Bhansali
Vikas Budhwar
As recorded by the court registry
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