A retired employee filed a PIL seeking an investigation into the alleged financial and administrative irregularities committed by the Deputy Director of NIEPID. The petitioner requested that the Central Vigilance Commission or CBI probe the matter.
Petition for initiation of special investigation is rejected.
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HIGH COURT FOR THE STATE OF TELANGANA AT HYDERABAD (Special Originat J urisd iction)
IVONDAY, THE IHIRD DAY OF JANUARY TWO THOUSANO AND TWENTY TWO
PRESENT
THE HON'BLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE SATISH CHANDRA SHARMA AND
THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE ABHINAND KUMAR SHAVILI
WRIT PETITION(PIL) NO,55 OF 2018
Between:
Bondili Nagadhar Singh S/o Late Bondili Hanumantha Ram Singh, Age 71 ye a rs, R/o H.No. FF 53, Weaker Section Colony, Trimulgherry HO Secundera bad500015.
AND
...RESPONDENTS
Petition underArticle 226 of the Constitution of lndiapraying that in the circumstancesstated in the affidavit filed therewith'the High Court may be pleased to issuea Writ, order or direction more particularlyone in the nature of writof Mandamusdirecting theRespondenlNo 1 and 2 to initiate an enquiry by a special investigatinglike the Central Bureauof lnvestigation or any otherlndependent investigatingagency like Special investigation Teamto probe into the financialand administratiVeirregularitiescommittedbythe4lhRespondent.
Prayeris amendedas per Court Orderdated 03 '01 2022vide l'A'No 3 of 2018in W.P.(P|L)No 55 of 2018'
lA NO: 1 OF 2018
Petition under Section 1Sl CpC praying that in the circumstances stated in the affidavit filed in support of the petition, the High court may be pleased to direct the lsrRespondent to place Sri B.V. Ram Kumar, 3,d Respondent herein be placed under suspension rest he wi tamper with the materiar evidence against him pending disposal of the above writ petition.
Counsel for the Petitioner: SRt M. VENKANNA
counsel forthe Respondent Nos. 1 to 3: sRr NAMAVARAPU RAJESHWAR RAo, ASSISTANT SOLICITOR GENERAL
Counsel for the Respondent No.4: _
The Court made the following: ORDER
THE N'BLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE RA
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THE HON'BLESRI JUSTICE ABHINANDKUMAR
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W.P{PIL ).No .55 of 201a
ORDER, rp-,u,!1a,Lt. litt t'h:pl tt"' sat\h clLahdtushama)
The petitioner beforethis Court,a retired employee' who has appearedas a DefenceAssistant in large number of departmentalenquiries of the employeesserving the National lnstitute forthe Empowermentof Persons with Intellectual Disabilities(NIEPID),has filed this presentwrit petition as a public interestIitigationagainst the DeputyDirector' who is a disciplinaryauthority of the employeeswho were defended by thepresent petitioner in the departmentalenquiry'
Thepetitioner's contention is that the DeputyDirector hasmisused his authorityand in those circumstances'the petidoner,after makingvarious allegations'wants an enquiry tobe conducted againstthe Deputy Directorby the Central VigilanceCommissionor bythe Central Bureau of lnvestigatlon'
lnvestigatlon' TheCentral Vigilance Cornmission Act' 20O3(for short theAct) ernpowersthe Cenffal Vigiiance Commission'under Secdon8 of lhe Act' to conduct an enqulry or investigationin respectof any compl-"t-^u"agarnstan officer/ official' Therefore'as there o^ *""t'ut'i"m provided for underttre O"ftsg to aPProachthe Central Act,the petitioner "n''
VigilanceCommission'
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Resultantly, admission is declined. The rvrit petition
(public interest litigation) stands dismissed
Pending miscellaneous applications, if any, shall stand
closed. There shall be no order as to costs.
SD/- K.AMIVIAJI ASSISTANT REGISTRAR //TRUE COPY// .,\l SECTION OiFICER
To, 1 . One CCto SRt M. VENKANNA, Advocate [OpUC] 2 to SRI NA|AVARAPU RAJESHWAR RAo, Assistant Soticitor General 3d3,td 3. Two CD Copies.
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HIGH COURT
DATED:03/0'112022
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1 issue framed by the court
Whether the High Court can issue a writ of mandamus directing the Central Vigilance Commission or CBI to investigate the Deputy Director for misuse of authority.
Bondili Nagadhar Singh
Secretary, Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, Government of India
Central Vigilance Commissioner
Deputy Director, National Institute for the Empowerment of Persons with Intellectual Disabilities
Satish Chandra Sharma
Abhinand Kumar
As recorded by the court registry
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