Juggi Lal v. State of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Deptt. of Revenue, Lucknow and Others

Court No. - 4 Case :- PUBLIC INTEREST LITIGATION (PIL) No. - 540 of 2024 Petitioner :- Juggi Lal Respondent :- State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Deptt. Of Revenue, Lucknow And Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Shesh Ram Mishra,Lalit Narayan Pandey Counsel for Respondent :- C.S.C.,Mohan Singh Hon'ble Subhash Chandra Sharma,J.

¶1Heard learned counsel for the petitioner, learned A.C.S.C. for the State respondent, Sri Mohan Singh, learned counsel for the opposite party no. 5 and perused the material brought on record.

¶2The present petition has been filed by the petitioner with the following prayer:- "(i) Issue a writ order or direction in the nature of mandamus commanding the opposite parties particularly the opposite party no. 2 and 3 to remove the encroachment from the land lying in Gata No. 106 measuring area 0.0860 hectare situated at Village Nawajpur, Paragana-Basaurhi, Tehsil-Rudauli, District Ayodhya within stipulated time."

¶3It is submitted by the learned counsel for the petitioner that the land lying in Gata No. 106 i.e. Chak Road is being encroached by one Ram Pratap, therefore, a request for removal of said encroachment is being made by the petitioner by way of filing the present public interest litigation.

¶4Learned A.C.S.C appearing on behalf of the State respondent on the basis of the instruction states that the Case No. 3411/ 2024 (Gaon Sabha Versus Ram Pratap) under Section 67 of the Uttar Pradesh Revenue Code, 2006 has been registered on 20.06.2024 and the next date for hearing is fixed on 10.07.2024, in which after adopting proper procedure encroachment will be removed by the concerned authorities.

¶5Considering the facts and circumstances of the case and the submission advanced by the learned counsel for the parties, it is expedient to direct the concerned authority to decide the proceedings within a stipulated period of time as prescribed under Section 67 of the Uttar Pradesh Revenue Code, 2006.

¶6With the aforesaid observation, the present petition is finally disposed of. Order Date :- 25.6.2024 Arun High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench