IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.12330 of 2009 RAJ KISHORE SINGH, son of late Ran Vijay Bahadur Singh, resident of village –Bhadwar, police station-Bagen District-Buxar Versus 1. THE UNION OF INDIA, through the Secretary to the Government, Department of Human Resources Development, New Delhi. 2. The State of Bihar, through the Secretary to the Government, Department of Human Resources Development, Government of Bihar, Patna 3. The Director, National Open Schooling, Education Institution, New Delhi 4. The Commissioner, Navoday Vidyalaya Sangathan, Patna Range, Boring Road, Patna 5. The Deputy Commissioner, Navoday Vidyalaya Sangathan, Patna Range, Boring Road, Patna 6. The District Magistrate, Buxer 7. The Superintendent of Police, Buxar 8. The Sub-divisional Officer, Dumraon 9. The Principal, Jawahar Navoday Vidyalaya, Navanagar, Buxer 10. The Co-coordinator, Jawahar Navoday Vidyalaya, Navanagar, Buxer 11. The Centre Superintendent-cum-Principal, High School, Navanagar, Buxer ----------- 2 17-09-2009 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned counsels appearing respectively for the State of Bihar, Union of India and Navoday Vidalaya Sangathan. Petitioner claiming to be a public spirited person has preferred this writ petition in public interest so that an enquiry may be ordered for the serious allegations made by the petitioner that in the examination of class- X under the National Open Schooling system at the High School Navanagar centre some persons allegedly related to the Principal of the Jawahar Navodya Vidyalaya, Navanagar, Buxer did not take the examination and the examination papers were written by some other persons impersonating the examinees. It appears that particulars of the candidates and even of the impersonators have been furnished by the petitioner. 2 Learned counsel for the State submits that from the newspaper reports annexed with the writ petition it appears that the District Magistrate, Buxer has already deputed the concerned Sub-divisional Officer to conduct an enquiry and submit a report. Learned counsel for the petitioner has apprehension that actually no order had been passed for conducting any enquiry and there may not be any enquiry at all on account of influence or other considerations. In the facts and circumstances of the case, we dispose of the writ petition directing respondent no.6, the District Magistrate, Buxer to ensure that a proper enquiry is conducted in the matter without any delay, preferably within two months, and on the basis of report to be prepared within two months further action should be taken in accordance with law, if required. It goes without saying that authority conducting the enquiry will give a notice to the petitioner and it is expected that petitioner will fully cooperate in the said enquiry. BKS/- (Shiva Kirti Singh, ACJ.) (Jyoti Saran, J.)