PRAYAGRAJ, Dec. 6 -- The Allahabad high court declined to interfere in a public interest litigation (PIL) petition which sought stopping of alleged illegal construction on Ram Janki temple premises at Prayagraj district's Shakargarh under Bara tehsil for business purposes, saying that the court cannot interfere in private and non-government property matter.

The Ram Janki temple, located in Sadar Bazar, is around 200 years old and as per revenue record of nagar panchayat. It is located on the private property of Raja Mahendra Pratap Singh, who has been made seventh respondent in the PIL.

Dismissing the PIL filed by one Ghanshyam Prasad Kesarwani, a division bench comprising Chief Justice Arun Bhansali and Justice Kshitij Shailendra said,...