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ALLAHABAD: The Allahabad high court on Friday directed the advocate general of the state to submit original notings and record of proceedings that ultimately resulted into the notification for change of name of Allahabad district to Prayagraj.Hearing a public interest litigation filed by Allahabad Heritage Society and 12 others challenging the name change, a division bench comprising of Chief Justice Govind Mathur and Justice Dr Yogendra Kumar Srivastava directed to list the petition on December 4, 2018 for next hearing.The petitioners had stated that the notification changing the name of Allahabad to Prayagraj was unconstitutional.Earlier, on November 13, 2018, the same court had dismissed a PIL filed by one Sunita Sharma, challenging renaming of Allahabad but had granted liberty to make the demand before state government..