The Chhattisgarh High Court dismissed a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) filed seeking direction to any independent Investigating Agency possibly the Central Bureau of Investigation or the Serious Fraud Investigation Office to conduct a fair and unbiased investigation into irregularities involved in the Narva Garwa Ghurwa Bari Yojana.
The Counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner has made various complaints with respect to the irregularities involved in the Narva Garwa Ghurwa Bari Yojana floated by the Chief Minister before the various authorities, such as the President of India, the Chief Minister of the State itself, Collector, Commissioner, Chief Secretary of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes Development Department, Raipur and various other authorities as well, but all went in vain.
He further submits that an application under Section 154 (3) of CrPC has also been filed before the Superintendent of Police, Ambikapur, District Sarguja, but no action has been taken on that application till date. Therefore, a fair and unbiased investigation into the matter may kindly be directed to be done by any independent investigating agency.
State counsel submits that the petitioner has not come the Court with clean hands, as two criminal cases for the offence punishable under Sections 141 & 341 of IPC and for the offence punishable under Sections 186, 212, 294, 386 & 507 of IPC are already registered against the petitioner. Therefore, the petition may kindly be dismissed, as the petitioner himself is involved in other offences.
Considering the facts and circumstances of the case, particularly the fact that the petitioner has already made a complaint under Section 154 (3) of CrPC before the concerned Superintendent of Police agitating his grievance, the Division Bench of Chief Justice Ramesh Sinha and Justice Rajani Dubey was not inclined to entertain the petition at this stage.
“Accordingly, the writ petition is dismissed. However, it is open for the petitioner to approach before the Competent Authority/Court for redressal of his grievance, if his application under Section 154 (3) of CrPC is not acted upon by the Police Authorities”, the order reads.