PIL 55/2009 BEFORE HON’BLE MR JUSTICE RANJAN GOGOI HON’BLE MR JUSTICE HN SARMA (Ranjan Gogoi,J) This PIL has been filed by six elected members of the 79 No. Kadong Gaon Panchayat under Mandia Anchalik Panchayat alleging large scale misappropriation of Panchayat funds by the President who has been impleaded as respondent nos. 5 and 6 in the writ petition. In the writ petition filed the details of the funds allegedly misappropriated by the President have been mentioned. If , according to the petitioners, public money has been misappropriated by the President, the proper course of action for the petitioners would be to i nstitute a criminal case against the President by filling an FIR. Even hypotheti cally if we are to consider the grievances of the petitioners, the same would re quire us to order an enquiry into the allegations levelld and, thereafter, if th e allegations are found to be correct, to direct initiation of a criminal case a gainst the President. Instead of taking recourse to such a circuitous route, in our considered view, the proper course of action for the petitioners would be t o lodge an FIR with the concerned police station by stating the relevant facts i n their possession. In the aforesaid view of the matter, this PIL is not being entertained. Dismissed. No costs.