HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW PUBLIC INTEREST LITIGATION (PIL) No. - 1099 of 2025 Court No. - 1 HON'BLE RAJAN ROY, J. HON'BLE RAJEEV BHARTI, J. 1. Heard Shri Rakesh Kumar Yadav, learned counsel for the petitioner, learned Additional Chief Standing Counsel for the State and Shri Mohan Singh, learned counsel for the opposite party no. 8. 2. Let the petitioner implead Gram Pradhan concerned as an opposite party during course of the day. 3. Some proceedings have been initiated against the Gram Pradhan of Gram Panchayat- Piro Saraiya, Block- Dhanpatganj, Tehsil- Baldirai, District- Sultanpur. 4. The petitioner-complainant has filed this writ petition being aggrieved by non conclusion of the aforesaid proceedings. 5. Learned Additional Chief Standing Counsel for the State invites our attention to the order dated 07.08.2025 by which a Committee has been constituted to enquire into the complaint made by the petitioner. 6. This appears to be an inquiry for preliminary purposes as envisaged under the U.P Panchayat Raj (Removal of Pradhans, Up-Pradhans and Members) Enquiry Rules, 1997. The District Magistrate is already seized with the matter. We have no reason to believe that he will not ensure conclusion of the preliminary inquiry at the earliest and further action, if any, required as per the Rules, 1997 read with Section 95(1)(g) of the U.P. Panchayat Raj Act, 1947. Versus Counsel for Petitioner(s) : Rakesh Kumar Yadav Counsel for Respondent(s) : C.S.C., Mohan Singh Om Prakash Singh .....Petitioner(s) State Of U.P. Thru. Addl. Chief Secy. Deptt. Of Panchayati Raj Lko. And 7 Others .....Respondent(s) 7. If nothing happens within the next two months the petitioner can approach the Court again as per law. 8. It is made clear that we have not entered into the merits of the allegations at all. 9. With the aforesaid observations/directions, the writ petition is disposed of. October 17, 2025 R.K.P. WPIL No. 1099 of 2025 2 (Rajeev Bharti,J.) (Rajan Roy,J.) Digitally signed by :- RAJ KUMAR PATEL High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench