IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No 5649 of 2006 Md Zahirul Haque, son of late Md Badrul Haque, resident of Hussainpur, P S – Rohika, District – Madhubani at present working as Headmaster/Head Moulvi, Madrasa Faiz-e-Aam Sayeediya, Hussainpur Bearing Madrasa No 763, P S – Rohika, District – Madhubani -Petitioner Versus 1 The State of Bihar through Secretary, Higher Education Department, Bihar, Patna 2 The Secretary, Primary, Secondary Education Department, Government of Bihar, Patna 3 The Superintendent of Police, Cabinet (Vigilance) Department (Investigation Bureau), Patna 4 The District Magistrate, Madhubani, P S & District – Madhubani 5 The Deputy Collector (Law), Madhubani, P S & District – Madhubani 6 District Education Officer, Madhubani, P S & District – Madhubani 7 The Subdivisional Officer, Sadar, Madhubani, District – Madhubani 8 The District Superintendent of Education, Madhubani 9 Block Development Officer, Rohika Block, P S – Rohika, District – Madhubani 10 Md Murtuza Hussain, son of Syed Hussain, village – Hussainpur, P S – Rohika, District – Madhubani -Respondents *** For the petitioner : Mr Durganand Jha, Advocate For the S t a t e : Mr Binod Kr, AC to SC XVI *** 5 31.03.2011 The petitioner is the Head Moulvi of Madrasa Faiz-e-Aam Sayeediya being Madrasa No 763 in the district of Madhubani. His only limited grievance in the present writ application is that whenever the district authorities received anonymous or pseudonymous complaints against him, they must first check the bona fide of the complainant before proceeding in the matter. What is happening is that because of national recognitions received by the petitioner, there are a lot of jealous persons in the locality who keep sending anonymous, mischievous complaints and petitioner has been under tremendous pressure to satisfy enquiries based 2 thereon one after another. Learned counsel for the petitioner Shri Durga Nand Jha refers to various circulars of the Government, as appended in Annexure-4 series to the writ petition, wherein the Government also issued guidelines in this regard. In sum and substance, the guidelines are that before proceeding with the complaints received from public, the bona fides of the complainant must be adjudged. That could eliminate mischievous and harassing non-bona fide complaints. Having considered the matter, in my view, there cannot be any exception to the aforesaid. The Government Circulars are clear and the authorities must act accordingly otherwise there would be no end to harassment of persons because enquiry being made by Government officers again and again for the same purpose he would have to keep satisfying the Government Officers wasting not only his time but the time of those officers as well in case the complaints are not bona fide made. Thus, the only relief that can be grated to the petitioner is in shape of a declaration that before Government Officials take up enquiries as to the conduct or the misconduct of any person, they must satisfy themselves about the bona fide of the complainant and proceed only thereafter. With these observations, the writ petition is disposed of. M.E.H./ (Navaniti Prasad Singh)