Rekha Devi and Others v. State of U.P Thru. Addl. Chief Secy. Panchayati Raj U.P. Govt. Civil Secrt. Lko. and Others

Court No. - 3 Case :- WRIT - C No. - 10993 of 2023 Petitioner :- Rekha Devi And Others Respondent :- State Of U.P Thru. Addl. Chief Secy. Panchayati Raj U.P. Govt. Civil Secrt. Lko. And Others Counsel for Petitioner :- D.K. Singh Chauhan Counsel for Respondent :- C.S.C. Hon'ble Vivek Chaudhary,J. Hon'ble Manish Kumar,J. Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and learned Standing Counsel for the State. Present writ petition has been filed by the petitioner with the following main prayers:- "(i) issue a writ direction or order in the nature of mandamus commanding the opposite parties to include the name of the petitioners under Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana in the financial year 2023-24 and release the amount of the aforesaid scheme in favour of the petitioners, in order to secure the ends of justice.

(ii) issue a writ order or direction in the nature of mandamus commanding the opposite parties; especially the opposite party no. 2 to decide the joint representation of the petitioners dated

31.10.2023 (Annexure No. 8 to this writ petition)." Learned counsel for petitioner submits that the grievance of petitioner would be substantially met if the case of petitioner for the said purposes is considered and decided in a time bound manner. Learned Standing Counsel has no objection to the same. In view of the above, respondent no.3 i.e. Chief Development Officer, Hardoi is directed to consider and decide the joint representation of the petitioners dated 31.10.2023 in accordance with law by a reasoned and speaking order within a period of three months from the date a certified copy of this order is placed before him. It is made clear that this court has not applied itself on the merits of the case and all questions are left open to be considered and decided by the competent authority in accordance with law. With the aforesaid directions, present writ petition is disposed of. (Manish Kumar,J.) (Vivek Chaudhary,J.) Order Date :- 16.12.2023 Manoj K. High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench