1 2025:CGHC:14543 NAFR HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR WPC No. 3879 of 2021 1 - Jawahirlal S/o Shri Ramfal Aged About 48 Years R/o Village Kaknesha, Police Station Basantpur , Gram Panchayat Kanknesha Tahsil Wadrafnagar, District Balrampur Ramanujganj Chhattisgarh., District : Balrampur, Chhattisgarh 2 - Ramsubhag Singh S/o Shri Mahavir Singh Aged About 40 Years R/o Village Kaknesha, Police Station Basantpur , Gram Panchayat Kanknesha Tahsil Wadrafnagar, District Balrampur Ramanujganj Chhattisgarh. 3 - Harkesh S/o Ramesh Aged About 34 Years R/o Village Pashupatipur, Police Station Basantpur , Tahsil Wadrafnagar, District Balrampur Ramanujganj Chhattisgarh. ... Petitioners Versus 1 - State Of Chhattisgarh Through The Secretary, Panchayat And Rural Development , Mantralaya Mahanadi Bhawan, Police Station And Post Rakhi Atal Nagar, New Raipur District Raipur Chhattisgarh., District : Raipur, Chhattisgarh 2 - Sub Divisional Officer (Revenue) Wadrafnagar, District Balrampur Ramanujganj Chhattisgarh. 3 - The Chief Executive Officer Jila Panchayat, Balrampur Ramanujganj Chhattisgarh., District : Balrampur, Chhattisgarh 4 - Collector Office Of The Collectorate, District Balrampur Ramanujganj Chhattisgarh. 5 - Smt. Fulkunwar W/o Dharamjeet Singh Aged About 55 Years Presently Working As Sarpanch In Gram Panchayat Kanknesha Tahsil Wadrafnagar, District Balrampur Ramanujganj Chhattisgarh. -2- 6 - Jai Govind Gupta S/o Harihar Prasad Gupta Aged About 61 Years Presently Working As Secretary In Gram Panchayat Kanknesha Tahsil Wadrafnagar, District Balrampur Ramanujganj Chhattisgarh. 7 - Rajkumar Singh S/o Dharamjeet Singh Aged About 32 Years Presently Working As Sarpanch In Gram Panchayat Kanknesha Tahsil Wadrafnagar, District Balrampur Ramanujganj Chhattisgarh. ---- Respondents For Petitioners : Shri Anil Tawadkar, Advocate. For Respondents No.1, 2 & 4/ State : Shri Prateek Tiwari, P.L. For Respondents No.6 & 7 : Ms. Akanksha Vishwakarma, Advocate holding the brief of Shri A.N. Pandey, Advocate. Hon'ble Shri Justice Rakesh Mohan Pandey Order on Board 26.03.2025 1. Heard on admission. 2. The petitioners have filed this petition seeking the following relief(s):- “10.1 That this Hon'ble Court may kindly be pleased to call for the entire records pertaining to the petitioner's case for perusal of this Hon'ble court. 10.2 That this Hon'ble Court may kindly be pleased to issue a writ or writs/ order or orders and direct to the respondents for the appropriate action against the respondents No. 5 to 7, in the interest of justice. 10.3 Any other relief this Hon'ble Court deem fit just and proper in the facts and circumstances of the case may also be granted in favour of the petitioner.” 3 3. Learned counsel for the petitioners would submit that the petitioners are residents of Gram Kaknesha, Teshil Wadrafnagar, District Balrampur-Ramanujganj. He would contend that in the year 2019-2020, respondent No. 5 was the Sarpanch of the Gram Panchayat, respondent No. 6 was the Secretary, and respondent No.7 is the son of the Sarpanch and they embezzled panchayat funds to the tune of Rs.22,00,000/-. He would further contend that a complaint was made before the Sub-Divisional Officer (Revenue), Wadrafnagar, District Balrampur-Ramanujganj on 4.6.2021. He would further submit that the Sub-Divisional Officer (Revenue) constituted a committee, but till date, no report has been submitted by the said committee. He would pray that a direction may be issued to respondents No. 2 to 4 to take appropriate action on the complaint of the petitioners. 4. On the other hand, learned counsel for the respondents would oppose the submissions made by Mr. Tawadkar. 5. Heard counsel appearing for the parties and perused the documents present on the record. 6. Taking into consideration the fact that earlier, the cognizance was taken and a committee was constituted by the Sub-Divisional Officer (Revenue), Wadrafnagar on 1.7.2021, but till date, no report has been submitted, at this juncture, this petition is disposed of with a direction to respondents No.2 to 4 to look into -4- the matter and take appropriate steps expeditiously. 7. With the aforesaid observation(s), the petition is disposed of at the admission stage itself. Sd/- (Rakesh Mohan Pandey) Judge Nimmi