The Supreme Court today gave a green signal for a CBI probe into alleged misappropriation of funds under the NREGA scheme in seven districts of Uttar Pradesh.

A bench headed by Chief Justice P Sathasivam dismissed a batch of petitions including that of Uttar Pradesh government challenging the Allahabad High Court verdict for CBI probe into the alleged irregularities.

The Allahabad High Court had on January 31 directed CBI to investigate the alleged abuse and misappropriation of funds under National Rural Employment Guarantee Act scheme in Balrampur, Gonda, Mahoba, Sonbhadra, Sant Kabir Nagar, Mirzapur and Kushinagar districts of Uttar Pradesh between 2007 and 2010.