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The High Court of Karnataka connected Thursday ordered contented of announcement to the State authorities connected a PIL petition complaining astir nonaccomplishment to merchandise ₹5,000 crore towards outgo of arrears of 2 instalments of ₹2,000 each to 1.26 crore women beneficiaries of the flagship Gruha Lakshmi warrant strategy for the months of February and March 2025, which were withheld owed to method reasons.
A Vacation Division Bench comprising Justice Suraj Govindaraj and Justice K. Manmadha Rao passed the bid connected the petition filed 2 labourers, R. Ganga and G.D. Pavithra of Bengaluru.
The petition states that disbursement nether the strategy began successful August, 2023, and that astir 1.26 crore beneficiaries had registered by October 2023. It has been pointed retired successful the petition that 10 instalments were released betwixt April, 2024 and January 2025, aft continuation of the programme for 2024-25.
However, the petition complained that payments for February-March 2025 were not released owed to an administrative modulation successful the Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) mechanism, nether which payments were projected to beryllium routed done taluk panchayats alternatively of the Department of Women and Child Development.
It has been alleged successful the petition that astir ₹5,000 crore lapsed due to the fact that the unpaid amounts were not carried guardant into the consequent fiscal year, and hence remained unpaid lawsuit till today.
The petitioners stated that the continued withholding of these two-month arrears has triggered profound fiscal distress for families belonging to economically weaker sections who trust heavy connected this strategy for regular survival.
The petition has sought a absorption to support ₹5,000 crore successful an escrow relationship till the arrangements are made for disbursal.
