1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION SUO MOTO PUBLIC INTEREST LITIGATION NO. 126 OF 2007 Anil alisa Shani Ilme & Ors. .... Petitioner. vs. The Chief Secretary, Maharashtra State, & Anr.. .... Respondents. The Petitioners in person. Mr. N.P. Deshpande AGP., for Respondent Nos.1 & 2. CORAM : J.N. PATEL, & S.J. KATHAWALLA, JJ. DATE : 19th NOVEMBER, 2008. P.C. 2 . The present petition is filed by the petitioners alleging that the Depositors Guarantee Corporation (DGC) is conducting business which is void ab initio and that this business goes against the principles of cooperatives. The petition is admittedly filed on the basis of a newspaper report wherein it is narrated as to how the Co-operation Administration helps the DGC since its formation and that this business is illegal. It is alleged that an inquiry of DGC is being conducted through the Co-operative Commissioner Shri Anil Diggikar who is himself involved in the alleged scam. The main relief therefore sought is to stop the inquiry through the said Shri Anil Diggikar and hand over the same to the competent authority whom the Court deems fit. 2. The petitioners admit before us that the said Anil Diggikar is no longer the Cooperative Commissioner and, therefore, he is not conducting the inquiry and that the said relief has become infructuous. However, the petitioners allege that four officers were involved in the Mass Scale corruption connected with DGC and, therefore, disciplinary action be taken against them. No material in support is 3 produced before this Court and the allegations made are absolutely vague and the names of the said officers are also not mentioned in the petition. The entire complaint is based on newspaper reports published in December, 2006. 3. We see no merit or public interest involved in the present petition. The purported public interest does not appear to be bonafide. The petition is, therefore, dismissed. (J.N. PATEL, J.) (S.J. KATHAWALLA, J.) 4