LUCKNOW, Oct. 8 -- The Lucknow bench of the Allahabad high court on Wednesday directed the Uttar Pradesh government and Lucknow Municipal Corporation (LMC) to file their replies by October 30 on a plea filed by Sahara India Corporation Limited challenging the sealing of Sahara Shahar in Gomti Nagar.

A division bench comprising justices Sangeeta Chandra and Amitabh Rai passed the order on the petition moved by the Sahara group. The court also directed that any cattle left inside the premises be shifted to Kanha Upvan and properly taken care of.

Sahara Shahar, a 170-acre township, was sealed by the civic body over alleged violations of lease and licence agreements, a claim contested by the Sahara group, which recently approached the court...