Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC-LKO:44721-DB Court No. - 2 Case :- WRIT - C No. - 7110 of 2025 Petitioner :- Arif Respondent :- State Of U.P. Thru. Secy. Rural Development Lko. And 3 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Neeraj Srivastava Counsel for Respondent :- C.S.C.,Pankaj Gupta Hon'ble Rajan Roy,J. Hon'ble Manish Kumar,J. Heard Shri Neeraj Srivastava, learned counsel for the petitioner, Shri Raj Baksh Singh, learned Additional Chief Standing Counsel for the State and Shri Pankaj Gupta, learned counsel for the opposite party no. 4. The petitioner is permitted to implead the Gram Pradhan by name as an opposite party in the writ petition during course of the day. As the petitioner has not approached the competent authority raising his grievance, We are not able to pass any substantive order but we leave it open for the petitioner to approach the concerned authority under the MAGNREGA Scheme if there is a cause, especially, after taking into consideration the scheme as pointed out by Shri Raj Baksh Singh, learned Additional Chief Standing Counsel that the brother of the Gram Pradhan can also be engaged for MAGNREGA work but payment to them can be made only after certifying the same. With the aforesaid observations, the writ petition is disposed of. . (Manish Kumar,J.) (Rajan Roy,J.) Order Date :- 1.8.2025 R.K.P. Digitally signed by :- RAJ KUMAR PATEL High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench