HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD WRIT - C No. - 33123 of 2025 Court No. - 6 HON'BLE PRAKASH PADIA, J. 1. Heard Sri Eishan Mehta, learned counsel for the petitioner and learned Standing Counsel for the State-respondents. 2. The order dated 13.02.2025 passed by the respondent No.2/Lokpal MANREGA, Aligarh is under challenge. By the aforesaid order, the petitioner was directed to deposit a sum of Rs.2,17,470/-. 3. Apart from various other argumetns, one of the arguments have been raised by learned counsel for the petitioner that before passing the order impugned, no opportunity of hearing was provided to the petitioner. It is further argued that the order impugned is a non-speaking order and the order impugned has been passed only on the basis of assumption. 4. This fact is admitted by learned counsel for the respondents. 5. Heard learned counsel for the parties and perused the record. 6. From perusal of the record, it is clear that the order impugned has been passed without providing any notice or opportunity of hearing and in complete violation of principles of natural justice which is also admitted by the learned Standing Counsel. 7. In this view of the matter, the order impugned dated 13.02.2025 passed by respondent No.2/Lokpal MANREGA, Aligarh is liable to be set aside and the same is hereby set aside. Versus Counsel for Petitioner(s) : Devid Kumar Singh, Eishan Mehta, Prateek Rai Counsel for Respondent(s) : C.S.C. Ashok Kumar .....Petitioner(s) State Of U.P. And 3 Others .....Respondent(s) 8. The writ petition is allowed. 9. This order will not restrain the respondents to pass fresh order in the matter, if so advice. September 26, 2025 saqlain WRIC No. 33123 of 2025 2 (Prakash Padia,J.) Digitally signed by :- SYED MOHAMMAD SAQLAIN HAIDER High Court of Judicature at Allahabad Digitally signed by :- SYED MOHAMMAD SAQLAIN HAIDER High Court of Judicature at Allahabad