IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.1028 of 2010 Devendra Jha s/o late Hardev Jha, r/o village & P.O. – Basaha, P.S. Bajpath, District – Sitamarhi…… Petitioner Versus 1. The State Of Bihar through the Chief Secretary, Main Secretariat, Govt. of Bihar, Patna 2. The Secretary, Rural Development Department, Govt. of Bihar, Patna 3. The Vigilance Commissioner, Govt. of Bihar, Patna 4. The Director, Panchayati Raj, Govt. of Bihar, Patna 5. The Chairman, Zila Parishad, Sitamarhi 6. The District Magistrate, Sitamarhi 7. The Executive Officer-cum-District Development Commissioner, Sitamarhi 8. Krishna Kumar s/o Sitaram Yadav, village – Kharka Tola Naya Tale, P.S. Nanpur, District – Sitamarhi, at present Junior Engineer, Zila Parishad, Sitamarhi … Respondents ----------- For the petitioner : Mr. Baksi S.R.P Sinha, Advocate For the respondents: Mr. Arvind Kumar, GP XVII 2 21/1/2010 By this public interest litigation the basic grievance that gets surfaced is that the respondent no.8, who is functioning as Junior Engineer, Zila Parishad, Sitamarhi, is involved in lot of illegalities, as a consequence of which high level of corruption has ushered into system. It is submitted by Mr. Baksi S.R.P.Sinha, learned counsel for the petitioner that the good governance is based on zero tolerance level of corruption and a person appointed to look after work of Zila Parishad cannot have his own way and behave like 2 the master of all he surveys. Having heard the learned counsel for the petitioner and learned Government Advocate – XVII, it is directed that the representation that has been submitted by the petitioner vide Annexure -11 to the Secretary, Rural Development Department, Government of Bihar, Patna shall be dealt with by conducting an enquiry within a period of eight weeks from the date of receipt of the order passed today. The said authority shall not adopt any kind of dilatory tactic and must objectively dwell upon the allegations made. If allegations are found to be correct, appropriate action shall be taken without any kind of hesitation. We may hasten to clarify that we have not expressed any opinion with regard to the merits of the case but have only commanded the respondent no.2 to delve into the matter deeply so that corruption, if any, gets zeroed. The application is accordingly disposed of. Let a free copy of the order be handed over to Mr. Arvind Kumar, Government Pleader – XVII to 3 transmit the same to the 2nd respondent so that he can take necessary action as directed hereinabove. Neyaz/ (Dipak Misra, CJ.) (Shiva Kirti Singh, J.)