Rajiv Sharma, J.

1. The petitioner is a permanent resident of Amrit Saria Farm, Manpur Ojha, Bilaspur. He is a social activist. He had served as Block Pramukh for five years. He has filed present petition in pro bono publico seeking to preserve, protect, improve and restore the original form of Sampurnanand Shivir (Central Jail) situated in Sitarganj, District Udham Singh Nagar. The prison provides the prisoners’ opportunities of employment, living a life in the open air, restore their dignity and develop self reliance, self confidence and social responsibility for rehabilitation of the convict in the society. According to him, a major chunk of land belonging to Central Jail has already been acquired by the State Government and distributed to some individuals and remaining land has been distributed to Government undertakings. According to the record, in the Sampurnanand Shivir (Central Jail), Sitarganj, as many as 14911 prisoners were shifted till April, 2005. Out of which, 14281 were released after completion of the period of imprisonment. The prisoners were found w