whereafter the complainant is said to have gone to the Divisional office for receiving the reliefs. At the Divisional Office, the complainant is said to have seen Asharfi Mahto and his son Mahesh Mahto (petitioners herein) who were sitting at the office counter and were identifying the people whereupon one coupon for the ration and Rs. 100/- in cash was given. The complainant is said to have seen that even those people, who were outsiders and not belonging to the said village were also being identified by these petitioners and were receiving coupon and cash amount. Thereafter, when the turn of people of ward no. 3 came, the complainant went and stood near the counter, he belonging to ward no.3, and waited for his name to be called, however, his name was not called although other people’s names were being called. The complainant waited till evening and when the counter had closed and the petitioners came outside, the complainant asked them as to why his name is not present in the list of ward no.3, whereupon the Mukhia i.e. the petitioner no.2 told him that he was not worthy of receiving the reliefs and upon insistence, the complainant was told to come on the next day. On the next day when he reached the office, he found that the petitioners, in similar manner as they were doing on the previous day, were identifying and giving coupon to those persons who did not belong to the said village. Moreover, the relief was also being given to unmarried persons as
