SHUJAT ALI v. STATE OF U.P. THRU. PRIN. SECY. URBAN DEVELOPMENT LKO. AND 6 OTHERS
/1182/2025 · 2025-11-19
Arun Bhansali, Jaspreet Singh
Public Interest Litigationbody2025
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HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW PUBLIC INTEREST LITIGATION (PIL) No. - 1182 of 2025 Chief Justice's Court HON'BLE ARUN BHANSALI, CHIEF JUSTICE HON'BLE JASPREET SINGH, J.
1. The petition, purportedly in public interest, has been filed by the petitioner seeking impartial inquiry by independent Inquiry Officer and Technical Experts against the responsible officials of Nagar Palika Parishad, Jayas, District-Amethi.
2. Submissions have been made that various RTI activists have moved applications and have sought information reflecting corruption by respondent nos.5 to 7 and, therefore, an inquiry in this regard be conducted.
3. The petitioner has disclosed his credentials as social worker and permanent resident of Jayas and that he participates in social work and helps poor. In the affidavit he has disclosed his age as 25 years and occupation as agriculturist.
4. In fact, documents annexed in the petition indicates that the information was sought by one Dinesh Kumar Sonkar and three such informations were sought by one Ausaf Hussain who is past member of the Nagar Palika Parishad. The petitioner though claims that the said RTI activists sought information and handed it over to the petitioner, the same is silent as to why the said so called activists could not themselves approach the Court and required a 25 years old agriculturist to make a representation based on the previous representations, send the same by Versus Counsel for Petitioner(s) : Sheikh Mohammad Ali, Brijesh Kumar Counsel for Respondent(s) : Nishant Shukla (A.C.S.C.), Alok Kumar Mishra Shujat Ali .....Petitioner(s) State of U.P. through Prin. Secy., Urban Development, Lko. and 6 others .....Respondent(s)
registered post on 10.10.2025 and filed the present petition.
5. The indications made in the petition falls short of the requirements as laid down by Hon'ble Supreme Court in the case of State of Uttaranchal Vs. Balwant Singh Chaufal and others 2010 (3) SCC 402 and provisions of Rule 1(3-A), Chapter XXII of the Allahabad High Court Rules, 1952.
6. In view of above, no case for entertaining the petition is made out. The same is, therefore, dismissed. November 19, 2025 Harshita/P.Sri.
WPIL No. 1182 of 2025 2 (Jaspreet Singh, J.) (Arun Bhansali, CJ.) Digitally signed by :- HARSHITA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench