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HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD PUBLIC INTEREST LITIGATION (PIL) No. - 2398 of 2025 Chief Justice's Court HON'BLE ARUN BHANSALI, CHIEF JUSTICE HON'BLE KSHITIJ SHAILENDRA, J.
1. This petition purportedly in public interest has been filed by the petitioner seeking a direction to the respondents to take immediate action on complaint dated 21.11.2022.
2. A perusal of the record indicates that on 23.12.2022 a committee was formed to investigate the allegations made.
3. Learned Standing Counsel was directed to obtain instructions about the outcome of the committee formed by order dated 23.12.2022.
4. Instructions have been produced inter-alia indicating that on account of the petitioner not complying with the requirements of filing affidavit/producing evidence, the enquiry could not proceed further and that as most of the committee members have now been transferred, a fresh committee has been formed to investigate the complaint made.
5. Counsel for the petitioner, with reference to the notice issued to the petitioner now by the fresh committee, submits that the notice by the previous committee sent to him was returned back undelivered and therefore, the allegation regarding non-participation is baseless.
6. Be that as it may, once a fresh committee has been formed by the respondents and now the petitioner has received the notice, he may appear before the committee and do the needful. It is expected of the committee that the matter will be appropriately investigated and a decision would be Versus Counsel for Petitioner(s) : Sandeep Maniji Bakhshi Counsel for Respondent(s) : A.K. Goyal, A.C.S.C., Vibhu Rai, Dhananjai Rai Sudhir Kumar Jha .....Petitioner(s) State of UP and 3 others .....Respondent(s)
taken with expedition.
7. With the above observations, the petition stands disposed of. September 23, 2025 nd WPIL No. 2398 of 2025 2 (Kshitij Shailendra, J) (Arun Bhansali, CJ) Digitally signed by :- NISITH DEY High Court of Judicature at Allahabad