Allahabad High Court division bench while hearing a petition filed by Ganga Prasad Jaiswal quashed the order of the District Magistrate that ceased the financial powers of the President of Nagar Panchayat, Pepeeganj, Gorakhpur.
The Petitioner in Supreme Court is an elected Chairman of Nagar Panchayat, Siswan Bazar who was elected when the last election of the Nagar Panchayat was held on December 1, 2017.
The Allahabad High Court on Wednesday summoned the Principal Secretary, Urban Development on January 11 with an explanation for not giving funds to the Nagar Panchayat, Firozabad.