HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD WRIT - C No. - 15610 of 2025 Court No. - 9 HON'BLE ARUN KUMAR, J. Heard Sri Ajit Kumar Singh, learned counsel for the petitioner, learned Standing Counsel for the respondent nos. 1 to 3 and Sri O.P. Singh, Senior Advocate assisted by Sri Satendra Kumar for the respondent no. 4. The present petition has been filed challenging the order of the District Magistrate, Ghazipur, dated 18.3.2025, under Section 95(1)(g) of the U.P. Panchayat Raj Act, 1947, whereby the financial and administrative power of the petitioner as Gram Pradhan of Village Singarpur, Block & Tehsil Saidpur, District Ghazipur has been ceased. It is submitted by the counsel for the petitioner that the complaint made was not accompanied by the affidavits of all persons from whom the complainant claims to have received information of facts as required under Rule 3(2) of the Uttar Pradesh Panchayat Raj (Removal of Pradhans, Up-Pradhans and Members) Enquiry Rules, 1997 and therefore the impugned proceeding was not maintainable. I have perused the record and the order passed by the District Magistrate, Ghazipur. The inquiry report filed as Annexure 6 to the writ petition shows that the person whose name referred to in charge no. 6, namely Munner Singh, has given his statement before the Inquiry Officer denying any re-bore of hand-pump in front of his house. Moreover, the instructions received by the Standing Counsel from the office of the Zila Panchayat Raj Adhikari, Ghazipur states that the inquiry which was instituted on 22.3.2025, in pursuance of the order dated 18.3.2025, is Versus Counsel for Petitioner(s) : Ajit Kumar Singh, Shiv Chand Yadav Counsel for Respondent(s) : C.S.C., Satendra Kumar Niranjan Yadav .....Petitioner(s) State Of U.P. And 3 Others .....Respondent(s) going on. In view of the aforesaid facts, the present writ petition is disposed of with a direction that the inquiry going on in pursuance of the order of the District Magistrate, Ghazipur, dated 18.3.2025, be concluded expeditiously, preferably within a period of six weeks, from the date of presentation of a certified copy of this order, in accordance with law. It is made clear that this Court has not expressed any opinion on the merits of the case and all issues are left open to be considered by the authority competent, at the first instance. October 9, 2025 Ranjeet Sahu WRIC No. 15610 of 2025 2 (Arun Kumar,J.) Digitally signed by :- RANJEET SAHU High Court of Judicature at Allahabad