^ NSIOi BEFORE THE HON'BLE HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR WRITAPPEAL N0. \'Vi / 2010 APPELLANT: .m. / .^ N^%^ ^y ^••: ^^' ./••" <fy ^ y RESPONDENTS: Rajesh Bissa Aged about 38 years S/o Mr. R. $. Bissa R/o 21, Central Avenue, West Choubey Colony Raipur (Chhattisgarh) VERSUS State of Chhattisgarh Through the Chief Secretary D.K.S. Bhawan, Mantralaya Raipur (Chhattisgarh) Dr. Raman Singh ChiefMinjster-Chhattisgarh D.K.S. Bhawan, Mantralaya Raipur (Chhattisgarh) Dr. Shivraj Singh Advisorto the Government of Chhattisgarh The then Principal Secretary Department of Commerce and Industries , Govt. of Chhattisgarh D.K.S. Bhawan, Mantralaya Raipur (Chhattisgarh) k 4. Shri S.K.Behar Managing Director CIDC Chhattisgarh Statelndustrial Development Corporation CSIDC Raipur, (C.G.) 5. Chhattisgarh Lok Ayog, Through its Secretary Raipur, (C.G.) WRIT APPEAL UNDER SECTION 20F CHHATTISGARH HIGH COURT (APPEAL TO DIVISION BENCHl. ACT 2006 B c'" -IMIM 6M£CQI.l(l ®F^^MT^S^M;iCl8Bat.^P^^ * > .^;:i:.;^.:,'K:.:^i^iy^ Mi^ilMEN!l3^ NO^BLESMI^I^V^ES.^^^MS^'gM^^K^^^ ^ppey.ANT i|Ssi»ON6EI<® ^Rit-itFii^l.NillTS/SOlO RaJeshLBissa Vs Stata of^:hhottiSgffrh-&:ol'hers •PFes^lTf;''^1'-1'-'..''. .::;:•''.':. ;';: 1:;. ;.;'.;': :.••••.. :: ';':; . . ';;"':': -: ^A^i5aural:)h:.©angi,^dvoeate;^or:the.(i|3pellaitt.:^ ;,', Mr. Ki^o^eBHadun, AddL;Adypcate©enerol^6r^^ :,-....'.:-:©i^i»;^l^MEhn'::.:.-1'......,-'^ ^.:1.';'.-. ^' (P<]issecL9rt^stJUly,2010y^^^^^^^^^^^^ I:.M...©ud<lusi^J;.;..':;:::/ ."^ . :.'• ;: • . ; .; •:•' :.'.':l.::ta:edpcl.'l-'',:.:. ^':1?;:''.^ 2. yhswrit^pellant^as^iied^^^^^ dated 27,^2010 pdsSedhYtheJedr'nedSingleJ^ No.4964/2008 djsmissing •f-he tvrit petjtion. 3.^ Brisf fdetsof tHe case/iire tKat tKe^^^ Sociai worker and offi^ Raipur, filed a GSffiplaint •befQre^^^^ Aayog Aclhiniyam, 20Q2 (fdr shor^ respondent |S|®.2 t6^4 olleged miscdnduct. 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Pcocedure in respect of Inquiries.- TKe L.ok Aayog shall in cases to be conducted biefore it decide the procedure to be followed for making the inquiry; CH'KI in so doing ehsure that the principles offlaturalyusticedresatisfied. 10 (4) Subject to the provisions of sub-section (5), no puhlic servdnt shall be ehtitled, in relation to any ihquiryunderthis Aclhiniyam, to any privilege in respect of -f-he production of documeuts or thegivingbf evidencebefore theLokAayOg. tO (6) Subject to prov(SionSof sub-seeTion (4), no persbn shall be compelled for the purpose of inquiry under thijS AdhiniYam to giye Otff evidence or prodyce any docutnent, which he eould no't' be compelled to give or produce in proceedings beforea court. ll.RepoFts of Lok Aayog.- C1) If after enquiry of any actipn in'respect of which a complaint has been received the Lok Aayog is of the opitKon't'hat tKe complaint rs^eStablished, it shall by a report in writing/coitimunicateitsfinctingsand recommendations dlong with the^ relevaht documents and other'eVidehcetatheCQmpetentauthority., Explahation: Opjnion of Lok Aayog jrv relation to ahy comRlarnt including a decisjon, report, finding or conclusion thereon, tneans theopinionof the majority of its memhers. (2) The competervt' authority shall examine the report forwdrded t6 it undersub-section (1) and intii'ndtei'p theLok Aayog within three moriths df •fhe ddte of reeeipt of the repor't,tlieactibntakenorpFoposecltol:>etakenth|el''eon. ; (3)If^hel^kAcyogissatisfiedwiththeactroritakenor proposed to be faken on its;recoi'nmendatiQns, itshall closs the case under inforrnatiQn t<» the comfllairu^ serviaht and the conlpetent authority, and if in any cdse the -fc? LokAoiyogisofTKeopinionthatthecasesodeserves,itmay mqkeaspeeialreportuponthecase to the fidvernor ahd alSo mformthecotnplainant. 14. Seci'ecy of Informatipn.- (1) Any infori'nation obtdined ih the coyrse Of any inqyiry by the Lok Adyog, membet-s of its staff or q person or ageifcy whose services are utilized by the 1-pk Aayog ^for condycting inquiries in respect of any complaint, and any evidence recorded or collected in cbnnection with such information shall be treated as confidential. (2) Nothing jn sub-seCtion (1) shall apply to fhe disclosureof informdtionorpar'tieulars:- (a) for purppse of the enquiry or in any report t() he made thereoh or for any action or proceedings to be taken on such report, or (b)for purposes of any ppoceeding for an bffence undertheOfficialSecCetsAct, 1923 (ActNo.l9of 1923), orany offeneeof givingor fabr'icdtiflg false evidence under the Indian Pendl Gode or for fhe purposeof any prOceedingsunder Section ISofthis Adhiniyam,or (c) forsuehptherpurposesas may be prescribed. (3) A" officer or other authority prescribed ih this bshalf may give notice in Wfiting to the Lok Aayog with resp?ct to any docunient or JrrfpFmctfion specifisd ih the notice or any Glassdf documents so SRecjfied, that in the opinion of the^ State Sover'nment the clisclosuFe of the documents or information of documents, or informatipn of doGunients, or informatiQn of that clas^ so specified, would bei contrary to public interest; and where such notice is given; riothing in this Aclhiniyamshall be consfr^d ofi'authorizing or Fequirin^ Pramukh Ldkcyukt or<i L^kdyuRtorany memberlofthe st^ of Lok Aayog to communicate to any person any [doeument or n '»„ /^ .^ /-fO &^^ information speeified in the notice or any documerrt^^^^o^ informdtion of a clgSSSo specifiecl." 7. LsWned counsel for the appellBnt has submitted thdt in Sectiori 9 of tKe Adhiniyain, 2002 it has been provided thaf principles of ndtur'al justice shall be followed but in the instant caSe no opportunity hds been giyentotheeomplaiM/wntappellanttpRrodycetheevidenceorsaTisfy the LoR Aayog thdt his complaint is true. But fo dur opinion thefLok Aaydg conducts eiiquiry and not the investigdtion. The word 'inquiry' has beeh used in Sectibrr9 find riowhere the power of investigation has been given to the tok Aayog and therefore,the L^ beyond itsjurisdiction while condycting the inquiry. 8. It has beeh specifically provicled in Section 14 thdt ahy ihformdtion obtained in the cdul^e bf an inquiry by the Lok Aayog or Membel's o^ its staff in respect bf arty complaint, dhd any evidehce recorded or collected with such infor'mationShallbe treatedds confideritial. 9. The Lok Aayog had to decide his own procedure in cpnducting the inquiry. Once the ivrit appellant/complflinant has made acoi'nplaint, it cannot be expected that the complaint would have been made without any supporting evidence or doCuments as ithas been provided in sub- section (2)of Section 8 of the Adhiniyaffl, 2002 that any person, who willfully or malicioysly makes any false cotnplaint, may be convicted and punished with r'igorous imprisonment which mayextend to two yedrs or with fine which may extend to ten thousand rupees br with both. Therefore, it cannot be said that the complainant was not cautious in makihg the complaint and his complaint maynot be treateel as a false complaintmadewillfullyormaliciously. '" 10. So far as the compliance of the prihciples pf natural justice, as mentioned in Section 9 of the Adhiniyam, 2D02, is concer'ned, the Sdme . is in r'espectof the persons against whom the cQinplaintJis lodgedand theLokAayogisoftheopinionthdtthecomplaint is eStaBtished. ll.Further, report of the Lok Aayog is the resultof gnquirylconducted by him and the Court cannot inteF'fer'ein such Tepor'ts unless there dre s-' ^'''•^ H1 y tigte.-.. ' i' %%1%?\ • ;•' ~''K-:^^^ 'n- 'W ,ff Af Roshan/- cogent reasons •td inter-fer&. The complainant's complaihf vuas fpund baseless for whicB tHs writ petition Wds not theapprciprifffer^ the writ Court cannot eompel the Lok Agyog To change his report or to direct 'the Governmenf t6 take Bction agqinst •t-he p'epsons dgainst whom tlrc complaint was made though the Lok Aayog did n9t find any inis^onduct cifter conducting enquiry. iz.Therefore, we are 6f the^opinion thcrt the writ gppea|,^^a^ frivolous. and abuse bf Feinedy available tO the wcit dppellarit agajnst the impugned order passed bythelearned Single Jydge. l3.In view of the above, we disrniss the writ appeal being I'niSGonceived withepst, which iSassessed atRs.lO^OO/-(l^peesTenT1iousando^^ 14. The petitioner shall deposit the cost witliin a periocl of -two months with the Registry of this Court and the amount so depositecl shat| be remitted to the High Court Legal Services Authority funct Sd/- I.M. Quddusi Judge ~-.^- .-./ T<^A8r! 3udge iWaY :,-f^"fe^gi^S;.^!S^I£S.^S