Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC:110616-DB Chief Justice's Court Case :- PUBLIC INTEREST LITIGATION (PIL) No. - 223 of 2025 Petitioner :- Subhash Pandey Respondent :- State of U.P. and 7 others Counsel for Petitioner :- Arvind Kumar Mishra, Ashoka Kumar Dubey Counsel for Respondent :- C.S.C., A.K. Goyal (A.C.S.C.), Madan Mohan Srivastava Hon'ble Arun Bhansali,Chief Justice Hon'ble Kshitij Shailendra,J. 1. This petition, purportedly in public interest, has been filed requiring the respondents to take appropriate legal action against respondents no. 7 and 8 for their alleged misdeed/ corrupt practices committed by them in Nagar Palika Parishad, Manjhanpur, District Kaushambi. 2. Instructions were directed to be obtained by learned Standing Counsel, who has produced the instructions, inter alia, indicating that on the complaint made, the preliminary inquiry is pending wherein qua the complaint made, explanation has duly been provided by the officer concerned. Besides the above, allegations have been made that the petition filed is not bona fide as the same has been filed only for the purpose of supporting one Nageshwar Prasad Mishra, relative of the petitioner, who is in dispute with respondent-Nagar Palika Parishad. 3. Be that as it may, once the respondents have indicated that preliminary inquiry is being conducted qua the complaint made against respondents no. 7 and 8, no further directions are required to be issued by this Court. 4. Consequently, the petition stands disposed of. 5. The respondent-competent authority is directed to conclude the preliminary inquiry with expedition, preferably within a period of two months from the date of this order. Order Date :- 10.7.2025 P.Sri./RK (Kshitij Shailendra, J) (Arun Bhansali, CJ) Digitally signed by :- PUNEET SRIVASTAVA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad