Civil Writ Petition No.18591 of 2010 -: 1 :- IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATES OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Civil Writ Petition No.18591 of 2010 Date of decision: November 10, 2010. Jaswant Singh & Anr. ...Petitioner(s) v. Financial Commissioner & Principal Secretary to Government Haryana, Rural Development & Panchayat Department & Ors. ...Respondent(s) CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE KANWALJIT SINGH AHLUWALIA Present: Shri HPS Bhinder, Advocate, for the petitioner(s). Ms. Kirti Singh, Deputy Advocate General, Haryana for respondents No.1 to 5. None for respondents No.5 & 6. Kanwaljit Singh Ahluwalia , J. (Oral): In the present writ petition, a prayer has been made that a criminal case be registered against respondent No.5 – Ex-Block Development and Panchayat Officer, Dabwali, as also the Ex-Sarpanch Amarjit Kaur, respondent No.6, as they had misappropriated the government funds received in grant-in-aid for carrying on various activities of the Gram Panchayat. On October 25, 2010, this Court had passed the following order:- “Issue notice of motion. Civil Writ Petition No.18591 of 2010 -: 2 :- On asking of the Court, Mr. Sukhvinder Singh Nara, Senior Deputy Advocate General, Haryana, accepts notice on behalf of respondents No.1 to 4. At this stage, issuance of notice to respondents No.5 and 6 is dispensed with. Mr. Nara is directed to seek information and acquaint this Court as to whether the complaint, so submitted by the petitioner, has been dealt with, in accordance with the provisions of law or not. List on 27.10.2010.” Today, Counsel for the State, on instructions from Shri Ram Singh, BDPO, Dabwali, has stated that the complaint received from the petitioners was enquired into by Shri Ramesh Kumar, earlier BDPO, Dabwali and no substance was found in the same. Counsel for the petitioners has stated that Ramesh Kumar, earlier BDPO himself was involved in the misappropriation of the government funds, therefore, no useful enquiry has been held. After hearing Counsel for parties, Deputy Commissioner, Sirsa is directed to hold a fresh enquiry into the allegations levelled in the writ petition. Registry is directed to send a copy of the writ petition along with this order to the Deputy Commissioner, Sirsa, who shall look into the allegations levelled in the writ petition and thereafter formulate his opinion as to whether government funds have been embezzled or not. Disposed of. [Kanwaljit Singh Ahluwalia] November 10, 2010. Judge kadyan