SMT. MAMTA SHUKLA v. STATE OF U.P. THRU. PRIN. SECY. PANCHAYATI RAJ LKO. AND 3 OTHERS
/11268/2025 · 2025-11-26
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HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW WRIT - C No. - 11268 of 2025 Court No. - 6 HON'BLE JASPREET SINGH, J. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner. Notice on behalf of State respondent has been accepted by the office of Chief Standing counsel. By means of the instant petition, the petitioner prays for following relief:
"(i) Issue a writ, order or direction in the nature of Mandamus for commanding the opp.parties, particularly the opp. parties no. 3 & 4 for making the payment regarding the development/construction works, which have been got conducted by the petitioner, in pursuance to the duly approved Resolution dated 02.10.2025 in the meeting of Gram Panchayat Deeh Block-Baldirai, District-Sultanpur as well as for making payment of the arrears of Honorarium "मानदेय" pertaining to Caretaker, Panchayat Sahayak & Pradhan." Submission of learned counsel for the petitioner is that the petitioner is the elected Pradhan of Gram Panchayat Deeh Block-Baldirai, District Sultanpur. It is urged that respondents have an ill will against the petitioner and has been harassing the petitioner on several occasions and each time the petitioner have to approach this Court where after considering the dispute the matter was resolved in favour of the petitioner. It is also urged that the petitioner was also unlawfully removed which was made the subject matter of Writ C No.6719 of 2025 which came to be allowed on 18.07.2025, a copy of the same has been brought on record as Annexure- Versus Counsel for Petitioner(s) : Rakesh Kumar Srivastava, Veerendra Kumar Tiwari Counsel for Respondent(s) : C.S.C. Smt. Mamta Shukla .....Petitioner(s) State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Panchayati Raj Lko. And 3 Others .....Respondent(s)
10 to the writ petition. Submission is that though the petitioner is working as an elected Pradhan but now, for the work which has been done by the Gram Sabha, payments are not being released, as a consequence, indirectly the petitioner has been harassed again with a novel method as devised by the respondent authority. In the aforesaid backdrop, it is prayed that the representation made by the petitioner made to the D.P.R.O dated 31.10.2025 is still pending and the payment has not been released despite the fact that ample funds are available in the account of the respondent authority.
Sri Khare learned Standing counsel for the State respondent has provided a copy of the written instructions dated 20.11.2025 under the signatures of D.P.R.O, Sultanpur wherein it has been indicated that there was certain difficulties on account of non cooperation by the Secretary which has been resolved and soon the issue and the representation including the payment of bills as submitted by the petitioner shall be considered. Be that as it may, since the respondent authorities have already taken note of it, it is expected that they shall do the needful as expeditiously as possible, preferably, within a period of two weeks from the date a copy of this order is placed before the D.P.R.O concerned. With the aforesaid, the petition is disposed of. November 26, 2025 Harshita. WRIC No. 11268 of 2025 2 (Jaspreet Singh,J.) Digitally signed by :- HARSHITA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench