Court No. - 30
Case :- WRIT - C No. - 42631 of 2018 Petitioner :- Ramveer Singh And Another Respondent :- State Of U P And 3 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- R.P.S. Chauhan Counsel for Respondent :- C.S.C.,Amresh Singh
Hon'ble Vivek Kumar Birla,J.
Heard learned counsel for the petitioners as well as learned Standing Counsel appearing for the State respondents and Sri Amresh Singh, learned counsel for the respondent-Gaon Sabha and perused the record.
Present petition has been filed with a prayer to direct the respondent no. 2 District Magistrate, Shahjahanpur to consider and proceed with the complaint of the petitioners and others dated 4.9.2017 under the provisions of UP Panchayat Raj (Removal of Gram Pradhan, Up Pradhan and Members) Enquiry Rules, 1997 by passing reasoned and speaking order after conducting enquiry through the District Level Officer.
It is submitted that the complaint filed by the petitioners is supported by an affidavit and on that preliminary enquiry has been initiated, however, the same has not been concluded till date whereas U.P. Panchayat Raj (Removal of Pradhan and Up Pradhan) Enquiry Rules, 1997 provides that the preliminary enquiry should be completed within 30 days from the date of complaint.
In such view of the matter, present petition stands disposed of with a direction to the respondent no. 2-District Magistrate, Shahjahanpur to complete the preliminary enquiry within a period of 30 days from the date of receipt of a copy of this order, if not already concluded.
No order as to costs.
Order Date :- 20.12.2018 Abhishek