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HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD WRIT - C No. - 40892 of 2026 Court No. - 36 HON'BLE SAURABH SHYAM SHAMSHERY, J.
1. Heard Sri Anuj Kumar Sharma, learned counsel for petitioner and Sri Shyam Singh, learned Standing Counsel for State-Respondents.
2. The Court is not inclined to entertain this writ petition to pass an order to initiate inquiry against Pradhan of concerned Gram Prachayat at the fag end of his tenure being prima facie suffered with extraneous circumstances.
3. However, this order will not come in way if an application is filed under relevant provisions of Uttar Pradesh Panchayat Raj (Removal of Pradhans, Up-Pradhans and Members) Enquiry Rules, 1997 before concerned authority to initiate inquiry against concerned Pradhan.
4. With aforesaid observation, this writ petition is disposed of. October 7, 2026 AK Versus Counsel for Petitioner(s) : Anuj Kumar Sharma, Shailesh Kumar Tiwari Counsel for Respondent(s) : Bhupendra Kumar Tripathi, C.S.C. (Saurabh Shyam Shamshery,J.) Manish Kumar Singh .....Petitioner(s) State Of Up And 5 Others .....Respondent(s) Digitally signed by :- AWADESH KUMAR High Court of Judicature at Allahabad