PUBLIC INTEREST LITIGATION (PIL) No. 692 of 2025 at Lucknow

Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC-LKO:39291-DB Court No. - 1 Case :- PUBLIC INTEREST LITIGATION (PIL) No. - 692 of 2025 Petitioner :- Shiv Kumar Mishra Respondent :- The State Of U.P. Thru. Its Prin. Secy. Deptt. Of Panchayat Raj And 8 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Kuldeep Singh Kalhans Counsel for Respondent :- C.S.C.,Pankaj Gupta Hon'ble Attau Rahman Masoodi,J. Hon'ble Shree Prakash Singh,J. 1. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned Standing Counsel for the State. 2. The present writ petition has been filed in public interest. 3. The grievance raised in the present writ petition is for misutilization of the funds by the village Panchayat Ghanghata since the year 2020 onwards. Even the representation regarding misutilization of funds for the first time is stated to have been made in the year 2024. 4. On a plain reading of the representation, we do not gather any deep study made by the petitioner regarding misutilization of funds. General allegations have been levelled in the representation on the basis of which the issue of misutilization of funds, if any, cannot be appreciated. The petitioner has not undertaken the requisite exercise and has come to the court witho