(1) WP3893-09 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY BENCH AT AURANGABAD WRIT PETITION NO. 3893 OF 2009 Balaji s/o Nagorao Deokate PETITIONER VERSUS The State of Maharashtra & others RESPONDENTS ..... Mr. N.L. Jadhav, advocate for the Petitioner. Mr. K.G. Patil, A.G.P. for the Respondent-State. Mr. V.R. Sonwalkar, advocate for the respondent Nos. 4 & 5. Mr. V.M. Mane, advocate for the respondent Nos. 6 & 8. ..... CORAM : SMT. NISHITA MHATRE & M.T. JOSHI, JJ. DATED : 27th JULY, 2011 ORAL ORDER: 1. The present petition has been preferred by an elected Member of the Group Gram Panchayat of village Girdharwadi, Taluka Palam, District Parbhani. He has made several allegations against the Sarpanch of village Girdharwadi and the Chairman of the Water Supply and Sanitation Committee. 2. The learned advocate for the Zilla Parishad informs the Court that the Zilla Parishad has directed the Block Development Officer to take (2) WP3893-09 criminal action against the respondent Nos. 7 and 8. The learned advocate also points out that the Gram Sevak has been suspended and action would be taken against him in accordance with law. 3. We accept the statements made by the learned advocate appearing for the Zilla Parishad based on the communications received from the Chief Executive Officer of the Zilla Parishad, which are placed on record (marked as Annexure-"X" and Annexure-"X1"). The petition is disposed of accordingly. It is made clear that we have not entered into the merits of the allegations levelled against either respondent No. 7 or respondent No. 8 or the Gram Sevak. [M.T. JOSHI, J.] [SMT. NISHITA MHATRE, J.] npj/wp3893-09