•^ 4 ^ IN THE HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT: BILASPUR PETITIONER: RESPONDENTS: '^ W.P.No.^63^ OF 2005 Gopal Yadav, aged 45 years, son of Shri Tiharu Ram Yadav, Social worker, resident of near house of Dr. Deoras, Tilaknagar (Chantapara) Bilaspur, tehsil & district Bilaspur (Chhattisgarh) VERSUS (1) Chhattisgarh State Electricity Board, through the Chairmati, Raipur (C.G.) (2)8tate of Chhattisgarh, through the Secretary, department of Electricity & Energy, Raipur (Chhattisgarh) (3)Chief . Engineer (Vigilance), Chhattisgarh State Electricity Board^ Gudiyari, Raipur (Chhattisgarh) (4) Shri Manoj Agrawal, son of Shri Lakhi Ram Agrawal, proprietor, A.V. Steel Factory private Limited, Urla (Raipur), tehsil an4 district Raipur (Chhattisgarh) (5) Shri Amar Agrawal, son of Shri Lakhi Ram Agrawal, Share-holder A.V. Steel Factory private Limited, Urla (Raipur), at present Finance Minister, Govemment ofChhattisgarh, Raipur. WRIT PETITION UNDER ARTICLE 226/227 OF THE CONSTITUTION OF INDIA. < '- 2. XI-HC-78 tfflC^T^*IT<:P \jw| -r^WM^, tp-nl^^K?, R«w^<< .yf.....^.u.../7?.^^ ' • r«•TT—^'B• a^ »ni•• B •,•.••^200 311^$T^TR^ ^Pff3n^$Tw*ii<p srr^?Tqgq? (4cii^<si<es) ^itW^rf^T 3TT^$T <hl^Ic^41^ HI^^T^ffe^<<^-ci^ ^3rf^f3ff^$T DB: Hon'ble Shri A.K.Patnaik. CJ. .<& Hon'ble Shri Sunil Kum<xr Sinha, J. 05.09.2005 W.P.No.4023/2005 Heard Shri Somnath Vejrma, counsel for the petitioner. This is a petition filed sodal worker ond resident petition that he has heard fr by one Gopal Yadav, claiming to be a |>f Bilaspur. He has stated in the im some reliable sources and from the newspaper Dainik Bhaskar d^ted 20.5.2005 and daify newspoper Haribhoomi dated 24.5.200^ ornd from Evening Times dated 29.5.2005 thatan industrialis|' Shri Manoj Agrawal was caught red- handed in committ-ing electric) in surprise checking by the ^ State Electricity Board. Buf, due to political pressure, Vigilance Department is not taking acti<(n against the ©overnment. Therefore/ he has filed against respondent No.4, Shr Shri Amar A9rawal^ power energy theft in hu9e quantit/ fiy\once ^epartmenl of Chhattis9arh this writ petttion as PIL for directing the Chief Engineer CSEB, Sttate of Chhatt-isgarh to lodge a REft Monoj Agrawal and respondent No.5 XI-HC-78 '—21 ^cET«-«i«i«^,tp-al^<i<o, Rirti'dyx ^_ QJ^ ct0^/6 TPIcCT^HT^ ••"•••••— W^ 200 3IT^9T^S^ (^c|i^6|<^) 3?T^^T<CTRrli<b ^TFOT^^TaRra? ^ ( ^ ^ ;y. 61 ?;F<!ITWr^rf^T 3TT^$T -z hdw Wefail tosefrasto the form of PIL on the basis news paper reports only as| respondent No, 5, who \sa H\ politically motivated. We acc<^ <pt«Io<Flrf*ii^oT¥ff^^SI^FJI^IX ^3lf^73TI^^T this writ petition can be entertained in ^f infortnation of the petitioner based on such news paper reports involving the inister in the State Government, may be ^rdingly dismiss this writ petition. Sd/- Chief Justice Sd/- Sunil Kumar Sinha Judge •^