Baby Kumari v. The State Of Bihar And ORS

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.10576 of 2016 ====================================================== Baby Kumari, W/O Ashok Kumar, Resident of Sanjay Nagar, Road No.02, P.O.- G.P.O., P.S.- Jakkanpur, District- Patna. .... .... Petitioner/s

Versus

1. The State of Bihar, through the Principal Secretary, Public Health and Engineering Department, Govt. of Bihar, Patna.

2. Director, PMU, BSWSM (Bihar State Water and Sanition Mission), New Secretariat, Bishwasharaiya Bhawan, Patna.

3. The Commissioner, Saran Division, Saran (Chapra).

4. The District Magistrate, Saran (Chapra).

5. The Superintending Engineer, P.H.E.D., Saran Circle, Saran.

6. The Executive Engineer, Public Health Division Cum Member Secretary District Water and Sanitation Committee, Saran (Chapra).

7. The District Coordinator, District Water and Sanitation Committee, Saran (Chapra).

.... .... Respondent/s ====================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Ajay Kumar Jain, Advocate For the Respondent/s : Mr. Amrendra Kumar, A.C. to AAG V ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE and HONOURABLE JUSTICE SMT. ANJANA MISHRA ORAL ORDER (Per: HONOURABLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE) 20-09-2016 Heard Mr. Ajay Kumar Jain, learned Counsel, appearing on behalf of the petitioner, and Mr. Amrendra Kumar, learned A.C. to AAG-V, for the State.

With the help of this writ petition, made under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, in the form of Public Interest Litigation, the petitioner has made allegations of irregularities in the implementation of the Scheme, which is known as "Swachcha Bharat Mission (Gramin)".

Patna High Court CWJC No.10576 of 2016 (2) dt.20-09-2016 2/2 The writ application, however, does not have any substantive supporting material.

In view of the above, no direction, at this stage, can be issued to the respondents by invoking this Court's extraordinary jurisdiction under Article 226 of the Constitution of India. We are, therefore, closing this writ petition. It is made clear that the petitioner, if so advised, may either lodge a First Information Report with jurisdictional Police Station or a complaint with the Criminal Court of competent jurisdiction if she has materials to support the allegations of defalcation or misappropriation of public fund. If a First Information Report is lodged or a complaint is filed, the same shall be dealt with, expeditiously, in accordance with law.

(I.A. Ansari,CJ) (Anjana Mishra, J) PNM U