WP 1489/10 1 FARAD CONTINUATION SHEET NO. IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY APPELLATE SIDE, BENCH AT AURANGABAD WRIT PETITION NO.1489/2010 Amrut Shridhar Kaldate V/s The State & others. _______________________________________________________ Office Notes, Office | Memoranda of Coram, | Court's or Judge's orders appearances, Court's | orders or directions | and Registrar's orders | Shri N.V. Gaware, Advocate for petitioner. Smt.A.V. Gondhalekar, AGP for respondent nos.1 to 5. CORAM: B.R. GAVAI & M.T. JOSHI, JJ. Date: 28.09.2011 Heard learned counsel for the parties. The Public Interest Litigation has been filed by the petitioner basically alleging that there are various mal-practices in the work conducted by the respondent-authorities in the project of "Speedy Water Shed Development Management Program". The perusal of the affidavit in reply filed on behalf of the respondents would reveal that various public representatives i.e. Sarpanch and the members of the Zilla Parishad have found the work to be satisfactory. The only lacuna WP 1489/10 2 found is that instead of making the payment by a crossed cheque, in various instances the payments have been made by bearer cheques. In the affidavit in reply dated 10.6.2011, it has categorically been stated that the departmental inquiry is being initiated against the persons, who are responsible for making the payments by bearer cheques. We expect the respondent-authorities to proceed further against the said officers in accordance with law as expeditiously as possible. The departmental inquiries, if not already initiated, shall be initiated within a period of one month from today and taken to logical conclusion in any case within a period of one year from the initiation of the departmental inquiries. The petition is, therefore, disposed of with the aforesaid observations. (M.T. Joshi, J.) (B.R. Gavai, J.) Dt/- 28.09.2011 ndk/c289112