Piyush Kumar Khemka v. State of U.P. and 4 Others

Court No. - 21 Case :- PUBLIC INTEREST LITIGATION (PIL) No. - 2702 of 2023 Petitioner :- Piyush Kumar Khemka Respondent :- State Of U.P. And 4 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Arvind Srivastava Counsel for Respondent :- C.S.C.,Kameshwar Rao Hon'ble Manoj Kumar Gupta,Acting Chief Justice Hon'ble Donadi Ramesh,J.

¶1The instant petition filed in public interest seeks to assail the order dated

20.1.2023 passed by respondent no.1 rejecting the complaint of the petitioner in respect of the alleged misuse of the public funds and irregularities in execution of civil work against the officers of Nagar Panchayat, Saiyadraja, district Chandauli.

¶2The order records that the complaint filed by the petitioner was got enquired by a committee comprising of S.D.M., Sadar, Chandauli and Assistant Engineer, P.W.D. Chandauli. They submitted their report dated

07.09.2021, according to which, allegations were not found to be correct. Thereafter the State Government vide its letter dated 28.05.2022 directed the District Magistrate, Chandauli, to personally examine the correctness of the allegations. The District Magistrate, Chandauli himself verified the allegations and found them to be baseless. He submitted his report vide order dated 10.01.2023 wherein he concurred with the inquiry report of S.D.M., Sadar, Chandauli and Assistant Engineer, P.W.D., Chandauli. Respondent no.1, therefore, rejected the complaint made by the petitioner.

¶3The petitioner is only complainant and the complaint as noted above was got investigated initially through a committee and thereafter through the District Magistrate, Chandauli. All of them have found the allegations to be incorrect.

¶4We find no good ground to interfere with the order passed by the State Government, rejecting the complaint of the petitioner.

¶5The instant petition is, accordingly, dismissed. (Donadi Ramesh, J.) (Manoj Kumar Gupta, A.C.J.) Order Date :- 23.11.2023 rkg High Court of Judicature at Allahabad