High Court: Kumbha Mela land in Vrindavan must be protected

Chief Justice's Court

Case :- PUBLIC INTEREST LITIGATION (PIL) No. - 35711 of 2010

Petitioner :- Acharya Atul Krishna Goswami And 14 Others

Respondent :- State Of U.P. Thru Chief Sec. Lko. And Others

Petitioner Counsel :- R.K. Srivastava

Respondent Counsel :- C.S.C.,D.S. Chaudhary

Hon'ble Ferdino Inacio Rebello, Chief Justice

Hon'ble Amreshwar Pratap Sahi, J.

The petitioners contend that a land was acquired for the KUMBH MELA and now the land should be preserved as MELA KSHETRA. It is also contended that there are encroachments on the said land.

The land vests in the State Government. It is for the State Government to take such steps to which it is entitled to do for the use of the land. At the same time, the State Government is duty bound, in the event, there is any encroachment to take steps to remove the encroachment.

With the above observation, the petition is disposed of.

(F.I. Rebello,CJ)

(A.P. Sahi,J)

Order Date :- 1.7.2010