PUBLIC INTEREST LITIGATION (PIL) No. 306 of 2025 at Lucknow

Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC-LKO:22226-DB Court No. - 1 Case :- PUBLIC INTEREST LITIGATION (PIL) No. - 306 of 2025 Petitioner :- Bal Krishna Yadav Respondent :- State Of U.P. Thru. Its Prin. Secy. Deptt. Of Panchayati Raj And 5 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Salik Ram Tiwari,Arti Yadav,Sanjeev Kumar Dwivedi Counsel for Respondent :- C.S.C. Hon'ble Attau Rahman Masoodi,J. Hon'ble Rajeev Singh,J. 1. Counter affidavit filed by learned Additional Chief Standing Counsel is taken on record. 2. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned Additional chief Standing Counsel for the State. 3. The order passed by this Court on 3.4.2025 reads as under :- "Learned counsel for the State prays for and is granted ten days' time to file counter affidavit explaining the position as to what action has been taken against the erring officials who have been stated to have misappropriated the public funds under the scheme of Swachh Bharat Mission (Grameen). The District Magistrate concerned is also directed to explain as to why criminal proceedings have not come to be initiated against the public servants who have been found guilty of misappropriation of public funds, recovery whereof is sta