1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION PUBLIC INTEREST LITIGATION NO. 43 OF 2007 Balaram Babu Chiplunkar ...Petitioner Versus The State of Maharashtra & Ors. ... Respondents. Mr. Surel S. Shah for the Petitioner Mrs. J.S. Pawar, Additional Government Pleader, for Respondents No. 1 to 3 Mr. Harshad Bhadbhade for Respondents No. 5 to 8. CORAM: B ILAL NAZKI and S.A. BOBDE, JJ. DATE: FEBRUARY 27, 2008 P.C.:- The grievance of the petitioner was that respondents No. 4 to 6 had misappropriated funds. Certain reports were submitted to this Court by the Collector, and thereafter, it appears that an inquiry in terms of Section 39(1) of the Bombay Village Panchayat Act, 1958 has been initiated, and the inquiry is being conducted by the Divisional Commissioner. 2 2. In terms of the affidavit filed by the respondent-State, a date for hearing was fixed on 30th November, 2007. What has happened after that date is not known to this Court, but in any case, we find that this inquiry should not take much time to be completed. Therefore, we direct the Divisional Commissioner to conclude the inquiry within a period of three months from today. 3. With this direction, the P.I.L. is disposed of. BILAL NAZKI, J. S.A. BOBDE, J.