IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.15332 of 2009 Indra Shekhar Jha s/o late Tripti narayan Jha r/o village Thengaha, P.O. Thengha, Gram Panchayat Raj Thengha, Block – Tardih, P.S. Sakatpur, , District – Darbhanga ………… Petitioner Versus 1. The State Of Bihar through Secretary, Rural Development Department, Bihar, Patna 2. The Divisional Commissioner, Darbhanga Division, Laheriasarai, Darbhanga 3. The District Magistrate, Darbhanga 4. The Dy. Collector, Land Reforms-cum-Nodal Officer, Darbhanga 5. The Subdivisional Officer, Benipur, Darbhanga 6. Sri. M.B.A. Akhtar, Erstwhile B.D.O., Tardih Block, Darbhanga 7. Sri Vinod Kumar, B.D.O., Tardih Block, Darbhanga 8. Parmeshwari Devi, Mukhiya, Gram Panchayat Raj Thengha, Tardih Block, Darbhanga 9. Brahmadeo Yadav, Panchayat Sachiv, Gram Panchayat Raj Thengha, Tardih Block, Darbhanga 10. Hari Paswan s/o Dabu Paswan, r/o Tola Kathara, Ex- Mukhiya, Gram Panchayat Raj Thengaha, P.S. Sakatpur, Darbhanga ……….. Respondents For the petitioner: Mr. Durga Nand Jha, Advocate For the State : Mr. K.K. Jha, SC XVIII 2 13/11/2009 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned counsel for the State. The petitioner claims to be a public spirited person and a social worker in Gram Panchayat Raj Thengha under District – Darbhanga. He has moved this court in public interest for initiating effective and 2 stronger action against several authorities including Mukhiya, Panchayat Sachiv, Bank authorities and Block authorities for embezzlement of public money meant for various schemes to help the poor villagers. Some materials have been annexed to show that even the Block Development Officer was charge-sheeted in August 2008 but , according to the petitioner, it was an eye-wash so that no effective action is taken for recovery of the embezzled amount or to award effective punishment. This court has obvious limitation in going into complicated issues of facts and further in giving firm findings when the matter may ultimately have to go to courts or other authorities for their decision. In that view of the matter and considering the large number of such cases raising grievances that public fund is being embezzled and is not reaching the poor people in the rural areas, we are of the view that there should be a systematic approach in all such matters which may be considered on merits by competent statutory authority. Such social and legal audit in 3 matters like the present one in the present scenario in our view is possible through the good offices of Bihar State Human Rights Commission which has started functioning since some time. In view of aforesaid, we dispose of the petition with a direction that the petitioner may place all the materials before the learned Commission which will be free to look into the grievance and take appropriate decision in accordance with law. Let a copy of this order be given to learned counsel for the State for communication to the Commission and other concerned authorities so that this practice may be adopted in the light of any further suggestion in other cases, from the State. Neyaz/ (Shiva Kirti Singh, ACJ.) (S. K. Sharma, J.)