IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.888 of 2011 1. Gendhari Singh, Son of Late Puna Singh 2. Ranjeet Kumar, Son of Rajendra Prasad Singh 3. Mukesh Kumar, son of Ram Charitra Singh Petitioner no. 1 to 3 are reisdnt of village Dihri, P.O. Bara, - Solahpur, Gram Panchayat Raj – Kaitha, Block – Islm Nagar – aliganj, District – Jamui 4. Satendra Kumar Singh, son of Sri Ram Naresh Singh, resident of villager + P.O. Dhanar, Gram Panchayat Raj – Kaitha, Blok – Islam Nagar – Aliganj, District Jamui 5. Md. Kudus, son of Late Abdul Sattar, resident of village – Kaitha, P.O. Dhanar, Block – Islam Nagar – Aliganj, District – Jamui …. Petitioners Versus 1. The State of Bihar through the Principal Secretary, Department of Panchayati Raj, Government of Bihar, Patna 2. The Principal Secretary, Department of Rural Development, Government of Bihar, Patna 3. The Principal Secretary, Departmnet of Vigilance, Government of Bihar, Patna 4. The Director, Panchayati Raj, Bihar, Patna 5. The Divisional commissioner, Munger Division Munger 6. The District Magistrate, Jamui 7. The Block Development Officer, Block – Islam Nagar – Aliganj, District Jamui 8. The Mukhia, Gram Panchayat Raj – Kaitha, Anchal – Islam Nagar – Aliganj, District Jamui 9. The Panchayat Secretary, Gram Panchayat Raj, Kaitha, Anchal – Islam Nagar – Aliganj ….. Respondents ----------- 2 17.01.2011 Heard learned counsel for the parties. A large number of allegations have been levelled by the petitioners that various development 2 projects in Block Islam Nagar – Aliganj, District – Jamui were not implemented properly leading to defalcation of public money. It appears from Annexure 4 that a Deputy Director (Election) – cum - Public Information Officer, Panchayati Raj Department, Bihar, has already forwarded the complaint levelled by the petitioners to the District Magistrate, Jamui for getting an inquiry held and for forwarding the report to the department. A grievance has been raised on behalf of the petitioners that the Collector has entrusted the inquiry to one Mr. Prabhu Das, an Executive Magistrate, who was posted as B.D.O. in the concerned Block during the concerned period. According to the petitioners the inquiry should have been entrusted to any other Executive Magistrate. This writ petition is in public interest and hence it is disposed of with a direction to the District Magistrate, Jamui to find out whether Mr. Prabhu Das was posted as B.D.O. in the concerned Block during the period or not or if he was so posted, the District Magistrate should get the inquiry done by any other 3 officer and send the report to the concerned department without delay preferably within four months from the date of production of a copy of this order before the District Magistrate, Jamui. An outcome of the inquiry should be intimated to the petitioners also by the District Magistrate or the Department. It goes without saying that if any action is required, in the light of the inquiry report, will be duly taken by the concerned authority. Spd/- (Shiva Kirti Singh, J.) ( Dr. Ravi Ranjan, J.)