IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION PUBLIC INTEREST LITIGATION NO.9 OF 2008 Rajaram Ganpati Shingare and another. ... Petitioners Vs. The Principal Secretary Through Ministry for Forest (Revenue & Forest) Mantralaya, Mumbai and others. ... Respondents Mr. Milind Deshmukh for the petitioners. Mr. S.R. Nargolkar, Assistant Government Pleader for the State. CORAM: SWATANTER KUMAR, C.J. & DR. D.Y. CHANDRACHUD, J. DATE : 12TH MARCH, 2009 P.C.: It has been brought to our notice that complaints under the provisions of Wildlife Protection Act, 1972 have been filed against all the erring officials including the Assistant Conservator of Forest. In the rejoinder filed by the petitioners and even earlier, allegations were made against the Conservator of Forest who was incharge at the relevant point of time. According to the Assistant Government Pleader appearing for the State, even though the allegations are being looked into and the concerned department has made certain enquiries, finalisation thereof is under process. 2. In the light of the above, we dispose of this petition with the direction to the respondent-department as well as the court of competent jurisdiction that the complaints filed by the department shall be disposed of expeditiously and the department shall make all possible efforts to extend full co-operation to the court and prosecute their cases with all sincerity. Further, once the departmental enquiry report in relation to the Conservator of Forest and the other officers named in the rejoinder is completed, the respondent-department shall seek opinion of the Central empowered committee whose opinion shall be final whether the action against the officers should or should not be taken in accordance with law. The report shall be submitted to the committee within three months from today. Petition stands disposed of with the aforesaid direction. CHIEF JUSTICE DR. D.Y. CHANDRACHUD, J.