Dharmendra Singh v. U.P. Lokayukta Lko. Thru. Competent Authority and 9 Others
Case brief
What is this about?
Allahabad High Court (Lucknow Bench), MATTERS UNDER ARTICLE 227 No.-6550 of 2025, decided December 2, 2025 by Subhash Vidyarthi, J. Dharmendra Singh (petitioner; counsel Sanjay Shukla, Kulsoom Firoz, Sajjad Husain) v. U.P. Lokayukta through Competent Authority and 9 others (counsel Abhilash Kumar Singh, C.S.C.). Subject: Article 227 petition seeking direction to U.P. Lokayukta for early disposal of complaint dated 16/3/2024 and cooperation of DM Shahjahanpur; DM's report dated 24.09.2025 already submitted; Lokayukta letter dated 06.11.2025 gave petitioner time till 11.12.2025 to respond. Outcome: petition dismissed; no direction issued.
What did the court decide?
Since the District Magistrate had already submitted his report (dated 24.09.2025), there was no need to give the District Magistrate any direction to cooperate in the disposal of the case.