Allahabad High Court
JOKHU RAMversusNATIONAL HIGHWAY AUTHORITY OF INDIA AND 5 OTHERS
- Decided
Holding
The petition is disposed of, with the petitioner permitted to contest the parallel writ filed by the respondent.
Summary
Jokhu Ram filed a public interest litigation seeking demolition of encroachments on a State Highway by certain respondents. The Court noted that one of those respondents had filed a separate writ (Writ‑C No. 29809 of 2026) in which the petitioner was impleaded, and a coordinate bench had already granted an interim order in that matter. Considering the parallel proceedings and the fact that the petitioner is a party‑respondent in the other case, the Court decided to leave it open for the petitioner to contest the other writ. Consequently, the present PIL was disposed of without further orders.
Issues considered
- What procedural steps should be taken when a PIL and a separate writ involving the same parties are pending before coordinate benches of the same High Court?
Subjects
- public interest litigation
- encroachment
- state highway
- coordinate bench
- jurisdiction
- petition disposed
Judgment
HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD
PUBLIC INTEREST LITIGATION (PIL) No. - 1316 of 2026
Jokhu Ram
.....Petitioner(s)
Versus
National Highway Authority of India and 5 others
.....Respondent(s)
Counsel for Petitioner(s) : Satyendra Kumar Singh
Counsel for Respondent(s) : Ramanand Pandey (A.C.S.C.), Vaibhav
Tripathi
Chief Justice's Court
HON'BLE ARUN BHANSALI, CHIEF JUSTICE
HON'BLE ARUN KUMAR, J.
1. This writ petition has been filed by the petitioner seeking a direction for
demolition of the encroachments over the State Highway by respondents
no. 4 to 6 and take action against them.
2. Orders were passed by this Court based on the notices issued by the
respondents.
3. Today, instructions have been produced that one of the respondents has
filed Writ-C No. 29809 of 2026 impleading the petitioner as party,
wherein an interim order has been granted by a Coordinate Bench of this
Court.
4. In view of the fact that Coordinate Bench is dealing with the matter
filed by one of the respondents in the present writ petition and present
petition has been filed in the nature of public interest litigation and
petitioner has been impleaded as party respondent therein, while
disposing of the present writ petition, we leave it open for the petitioner to
contest the writ petition filed by the said respondent.
5. The petition is accordingly disposed of.
(Arun Kumar, J) (Arun Bhansali, CJ)
September 8, 2026
AHA/Anil
Digitally signed by :-
AFZAL HUSAIN ABBASI
High Court of Judicature at Allahabad
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