Shyam Bihari v. State of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Revenue Deptt. Lko. and 5 Others
Case brief
What is this about?
Neutral citation 2025:AHC-LKO:4484-DB; PIL No. 52 of 2025, High Court of Judicature at Allahabad (Lucknow Bench), order dated 23.1.2025 by Attau Rahman Masoodi, J. and Subhash Vidyarthi, J. Petitioner Shyam Bihari v. State of U.P. and others (counsel: Shesh Mani for petitioner; C.S.C. and Pankaj Gupta for respondents). Petition dismissed for failure to disclose individual land holdings of named persons and belated challenge to a notification under the U.P. Consolidation of Holdings Act, 1953; no precedent cited.
What did the court decide?
A PIL fails the requisite criteria for instituting litigation on a public cause where the representation merely mentions names without disclosing the land holding belonging to each person alleged to have been kept out of the consolidation proceedings. ¶¶6