IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.6434 of 2010 Mohan Paswan s/o Harichand Paswan, r/o village – Nagdha Balain Via Arer, District Madhubani Versus 1. The State Of Bihar through Secretary Panchayat Raj Department, New Secretariat, Patna 2. The Director, Panchayat Raj Department, New Secretariat, Patna 3. Divisional Commissioner, Darbhanga Division at Laheria Sarai, P.S. Laheria Sarai, Darbhanga 4. The District Magistrate, Madhubani 5. The Deputy Development Commissioner cum Chief Executive Officer and Secretary, District Planning Committee, Madhubani ----------- For the petitioner : Mr. Nand Kumar Singh, Advocate For the State: Mr. A. Amanullah, SC XVII --- 2 15/4/2010 In this public interest litigation the petitioner has made allegations about malfeasance and misfeasance of the fund by the Chairperson of Zila Parishad, Madhubani. It is urged in the petition that though series of complaints have been made to the competent authority, namely, the Divisional Commissioner, Darbhanga Division, Darbhanga, no action has been taken. Having heard Mr. Singh, learned counsel for the petitioner, and Mr. A. Amanullah, learned counsel for the State, it is directed that the Divisional 2 Commissioner, Darbhanga Division, Darbhanga shall look into the complaints with utmost objectivity and if requires take appropriate action as provided under Section 70 of the Bihar Panchayat Raj Act, 2006. We may hasten to add that we have not expressed any opinion whatsoever with regard to the allegations made against the Chairperson. We have only reminded the duty cast on the Commissioner under the statute. With the aforesaid direction, the writ petition stands disposed of without any order as to costs. Neyaz/ (Dipak Misra, CJ.) (Mihir Kumar Jha, J.)