IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.9886 of 2006 1. BIHAR STATE ROAD TRANSPORT CORPORATION EMPLOYEES UNION THRU ITS SECRETARY SURENDRA KUMAR SINHA, HEAD OFFICE, 2-PRESIDENT CHAMBER, VEER CHAND PATEL PATH, PATNA. 2. SURENDRA KUMAR SINHA, SON OF LATE LALIT NARAYAN AMBAST, SECRETARY BIHAR STATE ROAD TRANSPORT CORPORATION EMPLOYEES UNION, RESIDENT OF BRAHAMA STATION ROAD, SHEKHPURA, P.O.-B.V. COLLEGE, P.S.-SASTRI NAGAR, DISTT- PATNA………………………………………….PETITIONERS. Versus 1. THE STATE OF BIHAR 2. THE CHIEF SECRETARY, GOVERNMENT OF BIHAR, PATNA. 3. THE SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORT, GOVERNMENT OF BIHAR, PATNA. 4. DIRECTOR GENERAL OF POLICE, VIGILANCE, GOVERNMENT OF BIHAR. 5. SECRETARY, CABINET VIGILANCE DEPARTMENT, GOVERNMENT OF BIHAR. PATNA. 6. BIHAR STATE ROAD TRANSPORT CORPORATION THRU ITS ADMINSTRATOR, SIKANDAR MANZIL, VEER CHAND PATEL PATH, PATNA. 7. ADMINSTRATOR, BIHAR STATE ROAD TRANSPORT CORPORATION, SIKANDAR MANZIL, VEER CHAND PATEL PATH, PATNA. 8. THE CENTRAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION THRU ITS DIRECTOR, NEW DELHI……….RESPONDENTS. ----------- 12/ 08-Dec-2010 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner, learned counsel for the Vigilance Department, Government of Bihar and learned counsel for Bihar State Road Transport Corporation. 2. This public interest litigation was initiated in the year 2006 by Bihar State Transport Corporation 2 Employees Union alleging misappropriation of funds and mismanagement against higher authorities of the Corporation. 3. It is a notorious fact that the Corporation had become defunct organization saddled with huge losses and the State Government was loath to invest for revival of the Corporation. On account of hardship faced by the employees, the Apex Court intervened and a revival package was worked out leading to purchase of new buses and a revival of activities of the Corporation by providing transport facilities to the people. 4. The allegations made by the petitioners appear to be serious and therefore this Court permitted the allegations to be enquired into by the Vigilance Investigation Bureau of the State Government. 5. The final report dated 01.07.2010 is available on record. On perusing the same, it is noticed that the Bureau had formed a Special Investigating Team of five persons and the report has been signed by all of them. According to report no criminal offence of misappropriation or of other kind appears to have been committed. The investigating team has only noticed 3 some delay in implementing the revival package as well as in purchase of buses. It has also been noticed that incompetent employees of the Corporation were required to be weeded out but that was not done and hence they remained a liability and have also earned pensionary benefits. 6. Now the report of Vigilance Investigation Bureau requires to be studied by the concerned authorities of the State of Bihar, particularly, the Department of Transport, Government of Bihar. Hence, a copy of the same shall be made available to the Principal Secretary, Department of Transport-cum-Transport Commissioner, Bihar who will go into details of the report and take appropriate remedial action in accordance with law. 7. This writ petition is finally disposed of. 8. The report as ordered earlier shall be kept on the record of the case. perwez (Shiva Kirti Singh, J.) (Dr. Ravi Ranjan, J.)