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

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