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Juber Ahmad v. State of U.P. and 5 Others

Allahabad HC18 Nov 2025WPIL/3607/2025

Case brief

AI extract

What is this about?

Maintainability of PIL; misuse of public interest litigation to espouse a private/Society dispute; Baba Sayyad Dargah Samiti; right of worship at Baba Sayyad Dargah; SDM permission order dated 09.05.2024, Tehsil Chauri Chaura, District Gorakhpur; application dated 08.10.2025; one-day annual permissions (20.05.2023, 20.05.2024) held expired; liberty to take appropriate proceedings in accordance with law. Bench: Arun Bhansali, Chief Justice and Kshitij Shailendra, J.; decided December 2, 2025.

What did the court decide?

No substantive relief; petitioner/Society left open to take appropriate proceedings in accordance with law. ¶8

Juber Ahmad vs State of U.P. and 5 Others — Allahabad HC (2025) — LawSathi Research

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HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD PUBLIC INTEREST LITIGATION (PIL) No. - 3607 of 2025

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Juber Ahmad	Versus	.....Petitioner(s)
State of U.P. and 5 others		.....Respondent(s)
Counsel for Petitioner(s)	: Pravesh Kumar Kumar Mishra	Tripathi, Vijendra
Counsel for Respondent(s)	: Ramanand Pandey,	A.C.S.C.

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Chief Justice's Court

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HON'BLE ARUN BHANSALI, CHIEF JUSTICE HON'BLE KSHITIJ SHAILENDRA, J.

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This petition, purportedly in public interest, has been filed by the petitioner inter alia seeking direction from the respondents to take appropriate action according to the permission order dated 09.05.2024 passed by the Sub Divisional Magistrate, Tehsil Chauri Chaura, District Gorakhpur directing the respondents to permit the people for worship at Baba Sayyad Dargah and decide the application dated 08.10.2025.

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A perusal of the petition indicates that a Society in the name of Baba Sayyad Dargah Samiti has been formed and they were granted permission by the S.D.M. for some function on 20.05.2023 and 20.05.2024 vide Annexures 2 & 3 based on which enforcement thereof is being sought in the present petition, which is totally beyond comprehension as the permission was granted for one day in a year and that period is over in the years 2023 and 2024 itself.

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From the overall reading of the petition, it appears that the dispute pertains to the Society in question and the present PIL has been filed seeking to establish the right of the said Society qua the Dargah in question, which attempt, by way of a PIL, cannot be countenanced.

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