IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.4565 of 2010 1. Sanjay Pandit son of Late Shital Pandit. 2. Bashist Kumar son of Shivdayal Pandit. 3. Ramanand Pandit son of Late Saryug Pandit. 4. Anjani Devi wife of Ramanand Pandit. 5. Manoj Kumar Singh son of Dhyan Singh. 6. Angad Kumar son of Maiku Pandit. 7. Jawahar Singh son of Late Nago Singh. 8. Manju Devi wife of Sanjay Pandit. All resident of village-Bahira Tola Brindawan, P.S.Kharagpur, District-Munger. ….. Petitioners. Versus 1. The State of Bihar. 2. District Officer, Munger. 3. District Programme Officer, Munger. 4. Child Development Project Officer, Kharagpur (Munger). 5. Bulbul Devi wife of Manohar Pandit, resident of Village- Bahira Tola Brindawan, P.S.-Kharagpur, District- Munger. ……Respondents. ----------- For the petitioners : M/s. Pankaj Kumar Sinha, Kamal Kishore Jha and Raina Kumari, Advocates. For the State-respondents: Mr. Arbind Kumar No.1, Government Pleader-XVII. ----- 02. 16.03.2010 In this public interest litigation, the real challenge is to the order passed by the Child Development Project Officer, Kharagpur, Munger, contained in Annexure-6. Having heard Mr. Pankaj Kumar Sinha, learned counsel for the petitioners and Mr. Arbind Kumar, learned Government Pleader-XVII for the State, we are only inclined to direct that the District Magistrate, Munger shall - 2 - conduct an enquiry in respect of the propriety of the aforesaid order and take appropriate action under Bal Vikas Sewa Yozana within a period of eight weeks from the date of receipt of the order passed today. Needless to emphasise, when we have directed the causation of an enquiry, the District Magistrate would be well advised to follow the principles of natural justice by affording an opportunity of hearing to all the persons who are likely to be affected. We may hasten to clarify we have not expressed any opinion on the merits of the case. With the aforesaid observation/direction, the writ petition stands disposed of. Sunil (Dipak Misra, C.J.) (Mihir Kumar Jha, J.)