some cases, according to the State, complaints have been withdrawn and there are some complaints which are still to be processed. As already noticed, the court had expressed its dissatisfaction in the manner in which the matters were yet to be dealt with and vide its order dated 7th March, 2007, it observed that no purpose would be served if just a retired officer is appointed to look into the matter keeping in view that criminal process had already set in motion under the Code of Criminal Procedure and the persons concerned were required to be investigated and dealt with in accordance with law. The complaints relate to different kind of activities; firstly which may be in the nature of preliminary departmental enquiry and secondly where an element of criminality is involved, including cases of fraud, impersonation, cheating, forgery and hijacking the scheme in its entirety and lastly, the complaints where both these elements may be present. In other words, it will be hardly appropriate to direct investigation or examination of these complaints purely by an administrative process. Some persons had even filed complaints with the Police Stations and forwarded copies to the Commissioners. These complaints had been received at different levels in the department as well as outside the department. These are not the complaints where
