HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD PUBLIC INTEREST LITIGATION (PIL) No. - 2947 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 respondents no. 2 to 4 to conduct a high level enquiry in respect of the development work done in the Gram Sabha Village Harpur, Nagar Panchayat Tarkulwa, Post Govindpur, District Deoria. 2. A perusal of the petition indicates that petitioner has filed right to information applications seeking data for the years 2017 to 2024 and has alleged that none of the amounts paid by the respondents have been utilized for the purpose the amount was paid, as on the ground level, no work has been executed. 3. A perusal of the RTI applications indicates that petitioner has indulged in roving and fishing enquiry without indicating any specific instance and/or the event qua which any wrongdoing is sought to be alleged. 4. Filing of public interest litigation for the purpose of roving and fishing enquiry cannot be permitted. The petition has no substance. The same is, therefore, dismissed. October 6, 2025 P.Sri./SL Versus Counsel for Petitioner(s) : Krishna Pratap Singh Kaushik Counsel for Respondent(s) : Jagdish Pathak (S.C.), Sudhir Bharti (Kshitij Shailendra,J.) (Arun Bhansali,CJ.) Abhimanyu Singh .....Petitioner(s) State of U.P. and 3 others .....Respondent(s) Digitally signed by :- PUNEET SRIVASTAVA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad