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Neeraj Kumar Mishra v. State of U.P. Thru. District Magistrate and 15 Others
Public Interest Litigation – maintainability
Allahabad HCWPIL/269/2026
Case brief
AI extract
What is this about?
Allahabad High Court, Lucknow Bench (Rajan Roy and Manjive Shukla, JJ.), PIL No. 269 of 2026, decided April 1, 2026 — PIL concerning encroachment on nazul land disposed of on ground of petitioner's personal interest (desire to purchase the land); maintainability of PIL; locus standi; no adjudication on encroachment removal; no statute or precedent cited.
What did the court decide?
Since the petitioner himself disclosed in paragraph 16 of the pleadings a desire to purchase the nazul land, a personal interest is involved, and the Division Bench found it unfit to proceed with the matter as a public interest litigation, declining to exercise its extraordinary jurisdiction. ¶12