HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW WRIT - C No. - 11261 of 2025 Court No. - 2 HON'BLE MRS. SANGEETA CHANDRA, J. HON'BLE AMITABH KUMAR RAI, J. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned Standing Counsel, who appears on behalf of State-Respondents. This petition has been filed with the following main prayers : "Issue a writ, order or direction in the nature of mandamus thereby commanding the opposite parties to release the payment of Rs.2,12,850/- along with 12% interest from the due date of the installation of Electric Street Lights, at Village Panchayat Sharifabad, Tehsil Haidergarh, District Barabanki." It has been submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that an application was moved by the Village Pradhan of Village Panchayat, Sharifabad, on 01.11.2021 before the Assistant Development Officer (Panchayat), Haidergarh, Barabanki, requesting installation of electric street lights in Village Panchayat, Sharifabad, District Barabanki under the 15th Finance Commission Fund. In pursuance of the said letter, the officer granted approval for installation of electric street lights in Village Panchayat, Sharifabad, District Barabanki vide order dated 27.12.2021. In consequence thereof, the petitioner was engaged to set up the street lights and he installed 55 electric street lights in Village Sharifabad. It has been submitted that the payment has not been made till date. Hence, the present writ petition has been filed. Learned Standing Counsel, on the basis of the annexures to the writ petition Versus Counsel for Petitioner(s) : Nisha Srivastava, Surendra Kumar Counsel for Respondent(s) : C.S.C. Maa Durga Enterprises Thru. Proprietor Rajendra Prasad Yadav .....Petitioner(s) State Of U.P. Thru. Chief Secy. Rural Development Lko. And 4 Others .....Respondent(s) submits that it is not clear from the pleadings on record as to how many electric street lights the petitioner has installed in Village Panchayat, Sharifabad. Be that as it may, we find that the petitioner made an application on 18.09.2025 to respondent no. 2, the Chief Development Officer, Barabanki, and also to the District Magistrate, Barabanki. We direct respondent no.2, the Chief Development Officer, Barabanki to get an on the spot inspection conducted of the street lights installed by the petitioner and to take an appropriate decision on the petitioner's representation by a speaking and reasoned order within eight weeks from the date a copy of this order is produced before him. The writ petition is disposed of. November 24, 2025 Mahesh WRIC No. 11261 of 2025 2 (Amitabh Kumar Rai,J.) (Mrs. Sangeeta Chandra,J.) Digitally signed by :- MAHESH KUMAR High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench Digitally signed by :- MAHESH KUMAR High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench