HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW WRIT - C No. - 9471 of 2025 Court No. - 2 HON'BLE MRS. SANGEETA CHANDRA, J. HON'BLE BRIJ RAJ SINGH, J. 1. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner, learned Standing Counsel for the State Respondent and Sri Abhilash Kumar Singh, learned counsel appearing for the respondents no.1 & 2. 2. This writ petition has been filed with the following main prayers:- "(i) Issue a writ, order or direction in the nature of Mandamus thereby directing the opposite parties to conduct inquiry in pursuance of complaint dated 27.02.2025 made by petitioner, as contained in Annexure No.1 to this writ petition. (ii) Issue a writ, order or direction in the nature of Mandamus thereby directing the opposite party no.2 to consider and decide the complaint/application dated 27.02.2025 with a speaking and reasoned order, as contained in Annexure No.1 to this writ petition." 3. We have gone through the representation/application annexure no.1 to the writ petition which is addressed to Secretary of Lokayukta, Administration and complaints about the financial irregularities of Arvind Verma S/o Late Kashiram Verma R/o Village Dubeypur, Police Station- Kotwali Dehat, Pargana - Miranpur, Tehsil- Sadar, Development Block- Dubeypur, District- Sultanpur, who was elected as Gram Pradhan in 2016 of Gram Panchayat Dubeypur and Versus Counsel for Petitioner(s) : Sunil Kumar, Brijendra Mohan Singh Counsel for Respondent(s) : Amarendra Pratap Singh, C.S.C. Ravi Shanker Verma .....Petitioner(s) Lokayukta Thru. Secy. Lko. And 3 Others .....Respondent(s) continued till 2021. 4. Learned counsel appearing for the respondents no.1 & 2 has produced before this Court written instructions sent by the Joint Secretary, Lokayukta wherein it has been stated that after the complaint made by the petitioner was received a report was called for from the District Magistrate, Sultanpur for which a letter was sent on 07.05.2025 and again a reminder was sent on 11.09.2025. As soon as the report of the District Magistrate, Sultanpur is received, the necessary actions shall be taken on the complaint of the petitioner, as per the Rules. 5. Learned Standing Counsel for the State Respondents has produced before this Court written instructions dated 24.09.2025 sent by the District Panchaytraj Officer, Sultanpur wherein it has been stated that after the request was received from the Lokayukta, Administration, the District Magistrate has constituted a One Member Committee by his order dated 25.05.2025. The District Audit and Accounts Officer relating to Cooperative Societies and Panchayats, Sultanpur was nominated as Inquiry Officer and he had submitted a letter dated 29.08.2025 saying that the complaint of the petitioner relates to the former Gram Pradhan, Arvind Verma, whose tenure ended in 2021, alleging that he had amassed a lot of money which was disproportionate to his known sources of income and the complainant alleged that such wealth had been amassed by Sri Arvind Verma by committing financial irregularities in carrying out of development projects relating to the Village Dubeypur. The complaint relates to assets being disproportionate to the known sources of income and thus falls within the jurisdiction of the Income Tax Authorities under the Income Tax Act. 6. The written instructions are kept on record. 7. We are not convinced with the report of the District Audit and Accounts Officer, Cooperative Societies and Panchayats. We direct the Lokayukta, Administration to apply it's own mind to the complaint and to the report submitted by the District Magistrate on the basis of the report of the District Audit and Accounts Officer, Cooperative WRIC No. 9471 of 2025 2 Societies and Panchayats and then take a decision in the matter. 8. The writ petition stands disposed of, accordingly. September 25, 2025 Darpan Sharma WRIC No. 9471 of 2025 3 (Brij Raj Singh,J.) (Mrs. Sangeeta Chandra,J.) Digitally signed by :- DARPAN SHARMA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench