Ram Bahal v. State of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Panchayat Raj Lko and 4 Others

Allahabad HC15 Jan 2025WRIC/85/2025

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What is this about?

Gram Sabha land; unauthorised encroachment/construction; removal of encroachment; Gata No. 1255/0.7292 hectare; Village Hansaur; Block Puredalai; Tehsil Ramsanehi Ghat; District Barabanki; plantation land; mandamus; encroachment proceedings already initiated; writ disposed of with direction to decide proceedings within four months; Pankaj Bhatia J.; Allahabad High Court Lucknow Bench; Writ - C 85 of 2025.

What did the court decide?

Writ petition disposed of with a direction to the authority concerned to conclude and decide the pending proceedings against the encroachment in accordance with law with all expedition, preferably within four months from the date of production of a certified copy of the order; instructions of the learned A.G.A. taken on record. ¶¶11

Ram Bahal Vs State of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Panchayat Raj Lko and 4 Others — Allahabad HC (2025) — LawSathi Research

What the court decided

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Outcome

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Issue for consideration

Whether a writ of mandamus should be issued commanding the respondent authorities, more particularly opposite party No. 4, to remove/vacate the unauthorised encroachment/construction over Gata No. 1255/0.7292 hectare in Village and Post Hansaur, Block Puredalai, Tehsil Ramsanehi Ghat, District Barabanki, recorded as Gram Sabha land in the revenue record and allotted for plantation.

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Court's answer

In view of the State's statement that proceedings against the encroachment have already been initiated, the writ petition is disposed of with a direction to the authority concerned to conclude and decide those proceedings in accordance with law with all expedition.

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Ratio / Principle

A timeline is fixed: the proceedings are to be concluded preferably within four months from the date of production of a certified copy of the order.

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Detailed headnote1 paragraphs

Ram Bahal v. State of U.P. and Others (Writ - C No. 85 of 2025, High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench, Pankaj Bhatia J., order dated 15.1.2025): The petitioner sought a writ of mandamus directing the respondent authorities, especially opposite party No. 4, to remove/vacate an unauthorised encroachment/construction over Gata No. 1255/0.7292 hectare in Village and Post Hansaur, Block Puredalai, Tehsil Ramsanehi Ghat, District Barabanki, recorded as Gram Sabha land in the revenue record and allotted for plantation. On instructions, the Learned Standing Counsel stated that proceedings against the encroachment had already been initiated. The Court disposed of the writ petition with a direction to the authority concerned to conclude and decide the proceedings in accordance with law with all expedition, preferably within four months from the date of production of a certified copy of the order, and took the learned A.G.A.'s instructions on record.

Ram Bahal v. State of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Panchayat Raj Lko and 4 Others

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