Gauhati High Court dismisses PIL making allegations against government official bringing anarchy

The Gauhati Excessive Court docket dismissed a Public Curiosity Litigation (PIL) filed making allegations in opposition to authorities official (respondent No.5) bringing a rule of anarchy within the locality.

The PIL raises a grievance in opposition to the respondent No.5 who’s working because the Authorities Gaon Burah of villages Chatian, Nagarbandha and Kenduguri underneath the Rupahi Income Circle within the district of Nagaon, Assam.  

Allegation has been levelled that the respondent No.5 has introduced all of the financial and official of the villages underneath his grip by unlawful means and let unfastened excessive corruption and hooliganism organizing a gaggle of hooligans, anti-social components, criminals, land mafias and began a rule of anarchy within the locality. 

Additionally it is alleged that the respondent No.5 has fashioned a nexus with the native income, police and different officers and made himself because the solitary ruler of the realm controlling all of the actions and if anyone protests his misdeeds, is entrapped in felony circumstances.  

The Division Bench of Chief Justice Vijay Bishnoi and Justice Suman Shyam famous that the petition is filed by the petitioners levelling allegations in opposition to the respondent No.5 who’s a Authorities official however in help of the mentioned allegations, no materials is positioned on document besides a duplicate of the illustration mentioned to have been submitted by the villagers to the Chief Minister, Assam.

The Court docket opined {that a} petition levelling sure allegations in opposition to a Authorities official can’t be termed as a petition in public curiosity in a strict sense. If the villagers have any grievance in opposition to the Authorities official, they will avail applicable treatment obtainable to them underneath the regulation similar to submitting criticism to the upper officers and if any particular person is concerned in felony actions, criticism will be filed with the police additionally.  

R.Okay. Borah, Further Senior Authorities Advocate, Assam showing for the respondent State has knowledgeable the Court docket that performing on the criticism filed by the villagers, the respondent No.5 has already been positioned underneath suspension vide order dated 28.04.2023 issued by the Deputy Commissioner & Disciplinary Authority, Nagaon.