Archive · 31 Dec 2025
Allahabad HC Refuses Cemetery Land Plea
The Allahabad High Court said no to a group of 17 people who wanted the court to look into a problem about measuring land near a cemetery.
The court told them to talk to the local land officials instead.
The land in question is near a big mosque in Sambhal.
The court said it couldn't decide on facts that were being argued about.
The local land team had already measured the land the day before.
Allahabad High Court refused to hear a plea about cemetery land measurement in Sambhal.
The court directed petitioners to approach revenue authorities instead.
17 petitioners challenged the land measurement near a cemetery.
The court stated it could not adjudicate disputed questions of fact under Article 226 of the Constitution.
The Sambhal district revenue team had conducted the land measurement on Tuesday.
- Who
- Allahabad High Court, 17 petitioners
- What
- Refusal to entertain a plea regarding cemetery land measurement
- When
- Wednesday (special vacation bench)
- Where
- Allahabad High Court, Uttar Pradesh
- Why
- Court directed petitioners to approach revenue authorities, stating it could not adjudicate disputed questions of fact under Article 226 of the Constitution
- Court
- Allahabad High Court
- Petitioners
- 17
- Land in Dispute
- 8 bighas
- Location
- Near Jama Masjid, Sambhal
- Judges
- Justice Rajiv Mishra and Justice Satyaveer Singh