2026:JHHC:14562-DB 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI W.P.(PIL) No.5877 of 2025 ----- Anuranjan Ashok, son of Ashok Kumar, resident of Qr. No.B-47, 1st Floor, Harmu Housing Colony, Near dhoni Residence, P.O. & P.S. Argora, District Ranchi. ……… Petitioner. -Versus- 1. The State of Jharkhand 2. The Chief Secretary, Govt. of Jharkhand, Project Building, Dhurwa, Ranchi. 3. The Principal Secretary, Department of Mines and Geology, Nepal House, Doranda, Ranchi. 4. The Secretary, Department of Mines and Geology, Nepal House, Doranda, Ranchi. 5. The Director General, Anti-Corruption Bureau, Ardrey House, Kanke Road, Ranchi. 6. The Enforcement Directorate, Ministry of Finance, Pravartan Bhavan, Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam Road, New Delhi. 7. The Director, Enforcement Directorate, Airport Road, Kunwar Singh Colony, Hinoo, Ranchi. 8. Krishna Kumar Kisku, s/o Binod Bihari Manjhi, at present posted as Dist. Mining Officer, Sahibganj. .......... Respondents. ----- CORAM : HON’BLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJESH SHANKAR ----- For the Petitioner : Mr. Rishi Pallav, Advocate For the State : Mr. Piyush Chitresh, A.C. to A.G. ----- Order No.02 Date: 13.05.2026 1. Heard learned counsel for the parties. 2. The petitioner seeks a direction for investigation into the alleged disproportionate assets acquired by the 8th respondent during his tenure as District Mining Officer, Sahibganj and Dumka. 3. The petitioner is free to file complaints to the appropriate authorities but we do not think that the petitioner can be allowed to file a PIL in this matter and seek directions from this Court. 4. Therefore, by giving liberty to the petitioner to file complaints before the appropriate authorities, we dispose of this petition. We 2026:JHHC:14562-DB 2 clarify that we have neither accepted nor rejected any of the allegations in this petition because we do not think that it is for us, when exercising our extraordinary jurisdiction to go into such issues in the first instance. (M. S. Sonak, C.J.) (Rajesh Shankar, J.) 13th May, 2026 Sanjay/Rohit Uploaded on 14.05.2026