HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD WRIT - A No. - 14739 of 2025 Court No. - 4 HON'BLE AJIT KUMAR, J. Heard Sri Shushil Kumar Mishra, learned counsel appearing for the petitioner and Sri Manish Kumar, learned Standing Counsel for the State. Petitioner who is working as Anganbadi worker is aggrieved by the show cause notice issued to her on 03.09.2025 on the basis of cancellation of her income certificate on a third party complaint against which she has already filed a representation on 22.07.2025 and again reminder thereof made on 21.08.2025, but the same has remained unconsidered. It is contended that any reply to the show cause notice will be futile in the event income certificate of the petitioner continues to remain cancelled. Learned Standing Counsel submits that since petitioner has been issued with a show cause notice, she may submit her reply, which may be directed to be disposed of in accordance with law. Sri Manish Kumar, learned Standing Counsel further contends that petitioner's representation / application made on 22.07.2025 and 21.08.2025 against the cancellation of her income certificate can also be directed to dispose of in accordance with law. In view of the above, disposing of this writ petition following directions are issued: (i) In the fist instance, the respondent no. 2 shall take a final decision in Versus Counsel for Petitioner(s) : Chandra Prakash Misra, Sushil Kumar Mishra Counsel for Respondent(s) : C.S.C. Snehlata Tiwari .....Petitioner(s) State Of U.P. Through Principal Secretary (Panchayati Raj) And 4 Others .....Respondent(s) the matter of representation made by the petitioner on 22.07.2025 and 21.08.2025 against the cancellation of her income certificate, positively within a period of six weeks from the date of production of certified copy of this order. (ii) Soon after the order is passed by the Authority, namely, respondent no. 2 in the matter of cancellation of income certificate of the petitioner as directed hereinabove, the petitioner shall make a reply to the show cause notice dated 03.09.2025 within a period of two weeks and thereupon the matter of show cause notice will be decided by the concerned respondent no. 2 within a further period of four weeks. In view of the above, therefore the show cause notice shall not be pressed into service unless and until the matter of cancellation of income certificate is disposed of by respondent no. 2 and the petitioner submits his reply as directed herein above to the respondent no. 4. In the event despite order passed upon the representation of the petitioner by respondent no. 2, she does not submit reply to show cause notice, the respondent no. 4 shall be free to take final decision upon show cause notice. With these above observations and directions, the writ petition stands disposed of. September 25, 2025 SK Srivastava WRIA No. 14739 of 2025 2 (Ajit Kumar,J.) Digitally signed by :- SAILESH KUMAR SRIVASTAVA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad