Salamat and 3 Others v. Union of India Thru. Secy. Ministry of Rural Development Govt.India ,New Delhi and Others

Court No. - 3 Case :- WRIT - C No. - 9968 of 2023 Petitioner :- Salamat And 3 Others Respondent :- Union Of India Thru. Secy. Ministry Of Rural Development Govt.India ,New Delhi And Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Vikas Yadav,Shivam Srivastava Counsel for Respondent :- A.S.G.I.,C.S.C.,Pankaj Gupta Hon'ble Vivek Chaudhary,J. Hon'ble Manish Kumar,J. Counsel for the petitioners is permitted to implead the Chief Development OfÏcer, District Balrampur as respondent no. 6 in the array of the parties during course of the day. Heard learned counsel for the petitioners, learned Standing Counsel for the State respondents, Sri Surya Bhan Pandey, Senior Advocate, D.S.G.I., assisted by Sri Devrishi Kumar on behalf of respondent no. 1. Petitioners have approached this court with following main prayer:- "I. issue a writ in the nature of mandamus directing and commanding the concerned authority, to grant the benefit of the Pradhan Mantri Awash Yojana, Gramin to the petitioners, in the interest of justice. II. Issue a writ, order or direction in the nature of Mandamus commanding and directing the respondents to decide the representation dated 29.09.2023 moved before the opposite party no. 2 i.e. District Magistrate, District Balrampur by the petitioners, in the interest of justice." Learned Standing Counsel has submitted that the matter is to be considered and decided by the Chief Development OfÏcer concerned i.e. respondent no.6. Learned counsel for petitioners submits that grievance of petitioners would be substantially met in case application of petitioners for the said purposes is considered and decided in a time bound manner. Learned counsel for respondents has no objection to the same. Without entering into merits of the case, the petitioners are permitted to make an application before the respondent no.6/Chief Development OfÏcer, District Balrampur, raising all their grievance, annexing therewith a copy of this writ petition along with annexures and all the documents in support of their claim within a period of two weeks from today along with a certified copy of this order. In case such a application is moved by petitioners, respondent no.6, shall consider and decide the same in accordance with law after hearing all the concerned parties by a reasoned and speaking order within a period of three months from the date a certified copy of this order along with application is placed before him. With the aforesaid directions, present writ petition is disposed of. (Manish Kumar, J.) (Vivek Chaudhary, J.) Order Date :- 9.11.2023 Nitesh High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench