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Nand Lal Bind v. State of U.P. and 5 Others

Allahabad HC22 Sept 2025WPIL/2938/2025

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What is this about?

Allahabad High Court PIL No. 2938 of 2025; Nand Lal Bind v. State of U.P. and 5 Others; Hon'ble Ajay Bhanot, J.; Court No. 50; order dated September 22, 2025; public land encroachment; vacation of encroachment proceedings under UP Revenue Code; competent authority; notice to encroachers; survey by cartographic technique; ordersheet status; instructions called from Standing Counsel; next hearing date 26.11.2025 (fresh cases list).

What did the court decide?

Interim directions only: Learned Standing Counsel to obtain instructions on the enumerated encroachment-related aspects; case to be put up on 26.11.2025 in the list of fresh cases. ¶14

Nand Lal Bind vs State of U.P. and 5 Others — Allahabad HC (2025) — LawSathi Research

What the court decided

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Outcome

Interim directions only: Learned Standing Counsel to obtain instructions on the enumerated encroachment-related aspects; case to be put up on 26.11.2025 in the list of fresh cases.

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Issue for consideration

Whether there is a prima facie encroachment over the public land. +4 more

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Ratio / Principle

The Court directed the Learned Standing Counsel to obtain instructions in the matter on five enumerated aspects: (I) prima facie encroachment over the public land; (II) institution of vacation-of-encroachment proceedings under the appropriate provisions of the UP Revenue Code by the competent authority; (III) notice to the encroachers therein; (IV) survey of the encroached land as per the best available cartographic technique after noticing the private respondents; and (V) copy of the ordersheet depicting the status of the proceedings. No adjudication of the merits was made at this stage.

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Detailed headnote1 paragraphs

Interim order in Public Interest Litigation (PIL) No. 2938 of 2025, High Court of Judicature at Allahabad (Court No. 50), passed by Hon'ble Ajay Bhanot, J. on September 22, 2025. Petitioner Nand Lal Bind versus State Of U.P. And 5 Others. Without adjudicating the merits, the Court directed the Learned Standing Counsel to obtain instructions on: (I) whether there is prima facie encroachment over the public land; (II) whether proceedings for vacation of such encroachment under the appropriate provisions of the UP Revenue Code have been instituted by the competent authority; (III) whether the encroachers have been noticed in those proceedings; (IV) whether a survey of the encroached land has been carried out as per the best available cartographic technique after noticing the private respondents; and (V) copy of the ordersheet depicting the status of the proceedings. Case put up on 26.11.2025 in the list of fresh cases. Procedural/interim order: no specific statutory section identified, no precedent cited, no quantum involved.

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HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD PUBLIC INTEREST LITIGATION (PIL) No. - 2938 of 2025

Nand Lal Bind

.....Petitioner(s)

Versus

State Of U.P. And 5 Others		.....Respondent(s)
Counsel for Petitioner(s)	: Gulshan Kumar, Kumar Pandey	Sarita Devi, Sunil
Counsel for Respondent(s)	: Bhupendra Kumar	Tripathi, C.S.C.

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Court No. - 50

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HON'BLE AJAY BHANOT, J.

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Learned Standing Counsel to obtain instructions in the matter on the following aspects:

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I. Whether there is a prima facie encroachment over the public land?

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II. Whether the proceedings for vacation of such encroachment under the appropriate provisions of the UP Revenue Code have been instituted by the competent authority?

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III. Whether the encroachers have been noticed in the aforesaid proceedings?

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IV. Whether any survey of the encroached land has been carried out by the authorities as per the best available cartographic technique after noticing the private respondents ?

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V. Copy of the ordersheet depicting the status of the proceedings.

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Put up this case on 26.11.2025 in the list of fresh cases.

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(Ajay Bhanot,J.)

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September 22, 2025

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Dhananjai

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Digitally signed by :- DHANANJAI High Court of Judicature at Allahabad

Nand Lal Bind v. State of U.P. and 5 Others

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