Anjali v. State of UP (PMAY-G, 2024) — verification note

Until July 2026, this page summarised a ruling with these specifics:

• Case: Anjali v. State of UP, Allahabad High Court
• Number and date: CWP/2024/000789, decided 22 January 2024
• Holding: PMAY-G inclusion must be granted despite SECC-2011 exclusion where “Awaas+ ground verification” establishes eligibility; “SECC-2011 not final bar; Awaas+ ground verification paramount”
• Provision applied: “Section PMAY-G” of the RTI Act, 2005

We re-checked each element against primary sources on 10 July 2026:

1. No such case on Indian Kanoon. Searches for “Anjali” with “Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana” / “Awas Yojana” / “SECC” / “Awaas+” across the Allahabad High Court and all-courts databases return no matching results.
2. The case number does not look like a real Allahabad High Court number. The Allahabad High Court numbers its civil writ petitions in the form WRIT - C No. XXXX of YYYY; “CWP” is not its style, and “CWP/2024/000789” matches no order we could locate.
3. “Section PMAY-G” does not exist. The RTI Act, 2005 has Sections 1 to 31. PMAY-G is a housing scheme run by the Ministry of Rural Development — it is not a section of any Act.
4. The “SECC not final, Awaas+ paramount” rule is unsupported. We found no reported judgment laying down that formula for PMAY-G beneficiary selection.

This is the classic signature of an AI-fabricated citation: a plausible party name, a precise-looking docket number and date, and a clean-sounding holding — none of which can be found in any real database. If you arrived here after seeing this case cited elsewhere, treat that source with caution too.

The good news: you rarely need a court ruling to find out why you are (or are not) on the PMAY-G list, because the scheme's records are public by design.

Section 4(1)(b) of the RTI Act obliges public authorities to publish scheme records on their own. For PMAY-G this is implemented through AwaasSoft — beneficiary lists, the permanent wait list, sanction status, instalment (FTO) releases, geo-tagged inspection photos and completion status are all published on the PMAY-G portal (pmayg.nic.in) and its reports site. Before filing anything, pull your own record: see our guide to the AwaasSoft beneficiary list and reports.

Households left out of the SECC-2011 based permanent wait list are added through the Ministry of Rural Development's Awaas+ survey process (first run in 2018, with a fresh Awaas+ survey opened from 2024), followed by gram sabha verification. Inclusion happens through that survey-and-verification route — not through any court-invented “Awaas+ paramount” rule. If you were surveyed but still do not appear on the list, that is exactly what an RTI can expose: ask for your survey entry, the verification remarks and the recorded reason for exclusion.

Two verified Central Information Commission decisions show how PMAY RTIs succeed or fail:

• Sanju v. State Bank of India, File No. CIC/SBIND/A/2022/664170, decided 22 September 2023 (IC Saroj Punhani) — the applicant asked, in effect, why her PMAY subsidy had not arrived. The CPIO's factual reply (the application was made in November 2021, after the MIG-2 window closed on 31 March 2021) was held sufficient, and the Commission noted: “A public authority is also not required to furnish information which require drawing of inferences and/or making of assumptions.” (read the decision)
• Archana Goindi v. State Bank of India, File No. CIC/SBIND/A/2023/645890, decided 23 December 2024 (IC Anandi Ramalingam) — the applicant sought her eligibility status and reasons for non-receipt of the subsidy; the bank's reply that her income exceeded the MIG-I band was held to be an appropriate response and the appeal was dismissed. (read the decision)

The lesson: RTI gets you records and recorded reasons — it is not a grievance-redressal or benefit-sanctioning channel. Ask “provide the copy of…” and “provide the recorded reason for…”, never “why am I not on the list” as a bare grievance or “include me in PMAY-G”. A well-aimed records request usually reveals exactly where your name fell out of the process, which is what you need for the next escalation.

1. Pull the public record first. Check the beneficiary list and permanent wait list for your gram panchayat on the PMAY-G portal (AwaasSoft), and your own status if registered. Our walkthroughs: PMAY-G beneficiary status check and RTI for a PMAY instalment.
2. File a targeted RTI with the authority that holds the file — for PMAY-G in Uttar Pradesh that is normally the Block Development Officer / District Rural Development Agency, under the UP rural development department. Draft it with the AI RTI Drafter. Ask for: your household's SECC-2011 and Awaas+ survey entries; the gram sabha verification record for your name; the recorded reason for exclusion or deletion; your position in the current permanent wait list; certified copies of the relevant file notings.
3. Count the 30 days (Section 7(1)) with the Timeline Tracker. Silence is a deemed refusal.
4. First appeal under Section 19(1) within 30 days — the First Appeal Builder formats it for you.
5. Second appeal under Section 19(3): to the Uttar Pradesh State Information Commission, Lucknow for state/panchayat authorities, or the CIC for banks and central agencies.
6. Run the inclusion grievance in parallel. RTI and grievance are separate tracks: file on CPGRAMS (pgportal.gov.in) or UP's IGRS/Jansunwai grievance portal, attaching what your RTI uncovered. If the record shows you were survey-verified as eligible and then dropped without reason, that documented exclusion is the foundation for a legal notice or a writ petition before the Allahabad High Court under Article 226 — with real evidence, not a fake citation.

To: The Public Information Officer,
O/o Block Development Officer, [Block, District], Uttar Pradesh

Under Section 6(1) of the RTI Act, 2005, please provide:

1. Certified copy of my household's entry (or absence) in the
   SECC-2011 list and the Awaas+ survey for [village, gram
   panchayat].
2. Certified copy of the gram sabha verification record
   relating to my household for PMAY-G selection.
3. The recorded reason on the file for my household's
   exclusion or deletion from the PMAY-G permanent wait list.
4. My household's current position, if any, in the PMAY-G
   permanent wait list for [gram panchayat].
5. Name and designation of the officer with whom the PMAY-G
   selection file for [gram panchayat] is currently pending,
   per Section 4(1)(b).

Reply is due in 30 days under Section 7(1). If any part is
denied, cite the exact exemption and my right of first appeal
under Section 19(1).

We could not verify it. As of 10 July 2026, no such judgment appears on Indian Kanoon, and the cited number CWP/2024/000789 matches no Allahabad High Court record we could locate. Treat the citation as unreliable and do not use it in any appeal or petition. If you can produce a certified copy of such an order, write to us and we will review this page.

Possibly, but through the scheme's own route, not a court formula. Households missed by SECC-2011 are added through the Ministry of Rural Development's Awaas+ surveys and gram sabha verification. Check whether you were captured in the survey, and if you were surveyed but still excluded, RTI out the survey entry and the recorded reason — that record is what makes your grievance or writ effective.

The public authority that holds your file — usually the Block Development Officer or the District Rural Development Agency, under the UP rural development department. Second appeals from these authorities go to the Uttar Pradesh State Information Commission at Lucknow. For PMAY-U interest subsidy on a home loan, address the RTI to your bank's CPIO; those second appeals go to the Central Information Commission.

Not directly. The CIC said so in Sanju v. SBI (2023) and Archana Goindi v. SBI (2024): RTI yields records and reasons, not the benefit itself. But the record it yields — survey entry, verification remarks, recorded reason for exclusion — is exactly the evidence that makes a CPGRAMS/IGRS complaint, legal notice or writ petition effective.

Use the PMAY-G portal's public beneficiary search and reports (AwaasSoft) — it shows the beneficiary list and permanent wait list by gram panchayat, plus sanction, instalments, geo-tag photos and completion status for registered beneficiaries. See our AwaasSoft guide. If your money is sanctioned but stuck, see PMAY status stuck? The RTI route.

• Indian Kanoon searches for “Anjali” + “Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana” / “Awas Yojana” / “SECC” / “Awaas+” (all courts and Allahabad HC), run 10 July 2026 — no matching results
• Sanju v. State Bank of India, CIC/SBIND/A/2022/664170, 22 September 2023 — indiankanoon.org/doc/140135539
• Archana Goindi v. State Bank of India, CIC/SBIND/A/2023/645890, 23 December 2024 — indiankanoon.org/doc/119644894
• The Right to Information Act, 2005 — Sections 4(1)(b), 6(1), 7(1), 19
• PMAY-G portal / AwaasSoft (Ministry of Rural Development) — pmayg.nic.in

• AwaasSoft beneficiary list and reports guide
• PMAY-G beneficiary status — step by step
• RTI for a delayed PMAY instalment
• PMAY status stuck? The RTI route
• PMAY CLSS subsidy not credited — bank complaint route
• Bhagat Singh v. CIC — PIOs must justify every refusal
• The RTI Act, 2005 — annotated
• Case-law database — overview

For the full escalation sequence from first RTI to Information Commission, see The RTI Playbook.

Editorial verification note · reviewed by Dr. Shrawan Kumar Pathak · last reviewed 10 July 2026.