India, Sept. 17 -- LUCKNOW The Lucknow bench of the Allahabad high court on Wednesday transferred the probe into the alleged land scam by the erstwhile office bearers of a cooperative society in Lucknow's Gomti Nagar Extension from the EOW of the state government to the state vigilance department.

A single-judge bench of Justice Pankaj Bhatia passed the order and directed the state government to submit progress report of the probe on the next hearing on September 25.

"The court has transferred the case from the EOW of the state government to the state vigilance department," said advocate Sharad Pathak, who is representing petitioner in court.

On Tuesday, the court had expressed dissatisfaction over the investigation and action taken so...