IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.11978 of 2004 BHOLA PRASAD MAHTO Versus THE STATE OF BIHAR & ORS ----------- 3 29.1.2009 The prayer of the petitioner in this writ application for a direction to the respondent nos. 1 & 2 namely the State of Bihar and the District Panchayat Officer, Samastipur for conducting an enquiry into the irregularity and corrupt practices of Ram Charitra Mahto, Mukhiya and Panchayat Secretary-cum- Panchayat Sewak of Surauli Grampanchayat, in the opinion of this Court, is wholly misconceived and in fact would render this writ application to not even maintainable. That apart, these two persons were holding the office of Panchayat in view of the 2001 election and since, the term of that elected body of Panchayat has already expired on account of fresh election in 2006, the writ application with the aforesaid prayer has also became infructuous. That being so, nothing survives for adjudication in this writ application, which is accordingly dismissed. Rsh (Mihir Kumar Jha, J.)