Lucknow: A Lucknow bench of Allahabad high court on Thursday refused to interfere with a PIL seeking removal or demolition of the Aminabad police outpost on the ground that it was allegedly an illegal construction.The court observed that a police outpost serves the safety of local residents and is not meant for the personal use of police personnel. In the circumstances, it said, it would not be appropriate to order its demolition. A bench of Justice Rajan Roy and Justice Manjive Shukla passed the order on a PIL filed by M L Yadav.The petitioner submitted that the Aminabad police outpost had been constructed illegally and should be removed. He suggested that suitable land could be acquired elsewhere for a new police outpost. The bench observed that Aminabad is an extremely congested area and there was hardly any vacant land where a new police outpost could be constructed. It said that while suggesting acquisition of suitable land may appear easy, implementing it in such an area would be considerably difficult.The court observed that in such circumstances, if a police outpost had already been constructed there, it was not a case in which the court should order its demolition. However, the bench gave the petitioner liberty to submit a representation before the Lucknow police commissioner.
