wp6872.08 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY BENCH AT AURANGABAD WRIT PETITION NO.6872 OF 2008 1) Bhausaheb s/o Nanasaheb Bothe, R/o-Walki, Tq. & Dist-Ahmednagar, 2) Prakash s/o Babanrao Bothe, R/o-Walki, Tq. & Dist-Ahmednagar, 3) Deelip s/o Devidas Bhalsing, R/o-Walki, Tq. & Dist-Ahmednagar, 4) Sopan s/o Natha Kasar, R/o-Walki, Tq. & Dist-Ahmednagar. ...PETITIONERS. VERSUS 1) The State of Maharashtra, Through its Principal Secretary, Rural Development Department, Mantralaya, Mumbai-32, 2) The District Collector, Ahmednagar, Dist-Ahmednagar, 3) The Chief Executive Officer, Zilla Parishad, Ahmednagar, 4) Tahsildar, Ahmednagar, Tq-Ahmednagar, 5) The Block Development Officer, Panchayat Samiti, Ahmednagar. wp6872.08 2 6) Village Panchayat Walki, Tq. & Dist-Ahmednagar, Through Village Development Officer. ...RESPONDENTS. ... Shri.N.C. Garud Advocate for Petitioners. Shri.V.D. Rakh A.G.P. for Respondent Nos. 1, 2 and 4. Shri.S.T. Shelke Advocate for Respondent Nos. 3 and 5. Shri.B.S. Shinde, Advocate h/f. Shri. V.P. Latange Advocate for Respondent No.6. ... CORAM: NARESH H. PATIL AND SHRIHARI P. DAVARE, JJ. DATE : 15TH DECEMBER, 2010. PER COURT : 1. Heard learned counsel for the parties. 2. The Petitioner who claims to be a social worker, filed this Petition seeking directions against the Authorities to enquire into the conduct of the elected members of Village Panchayat, Walki, Tq. & Dist-Ahmednagar, while wp6872.08 3 various development schemes were executed, which were floated by the State agencies, by diverting the funds and mis-utilizing the same. 3. Affidavit in reply was filed by Respondent No.5 - Block Development Officer. The deponent contends that the enquiry conducted disclosed that amount of misappropriation is to the tune of Rs.7,57,530/- (Rupees Seven Lakh Fifty Seven Thousand Five Hundred Thirty only) and amount of doubtful misappropriation is to the tune of Rs.7,13,946/- (Rupees Seven Lakh Thirteen Thousand Nine Hundred Forty Six only). The deponent further contends that Gramsevaks and Sarpanch are jointly responsible for the offence and the offence is registered on 29th July, 2009 against the then Gramsevaks, namely Shri. H.S. Waghmare and Shri. B.C. Shaikh as well as against the then Sarpanch Sau. Chandrabai Vilas Mandlik, Shri. Shivaji Thakaram Lokhande and Shri Jagannath Baburao Adhav. wp6872.08 4 4. The learned counsel appearing for the respective parties, are not instructed to make any statement in respect of further development consequent to filing of First Information Report. 5. The affidavit filed by the Block Development Officer discloses very disturbing and sorry state of affairs in respect of implementation of the beneficial schemes floated by the State agencies. In view of the fact that the public money is involved, in implementation of the schemes, complete transparency is required to be observed by the concerned persons. The responsible officers and Authorities shall take stringent view and action if any malfunctioning is noticed while such welfare schemes are being implemented. We direct the District Collector, Ahmednagar and the Chief Executive Officer, Zilla Parishad, Ahmednagar, to look into the matter and take appropriate steps in accordance with law. wp6872.08 5 6. With these directions the Writ Petition is disposed of. . The Registry of this Court is directed to forward a copy of this order to Respondent Nos. 2 and 3, forthwith. [SHRIHARI P. DAVARE, J.] [NARESH H. PATIL, J.] asb/DEC10/wp6872.08