HC DIRECTS TO LODGE FIR AGAINST ERRING PEOPLE, EVEN MINISTERS

HC DIRECTS TO LODGE FIR AGAINST ERRING PEOPLE, EVEN MINISTERS Ranchi | Thursday, Mar 5 2009 IST Jharkhand High Court today directed the state government to file FIR against ministers, officials and contractors who had taken commission for allotting road construction work at Saraikela, Kandra and Kharswan to the construction company. The Court also directed the construction company to file an affidavit before March 26 regarding allegations made in the court in connection with the allotment of the road construction at Saraikela, Kandra and Kharsawan. During the course of hearing, Mr Kalyan Roy, appearing on behalf of the contractor, informed the court that around 20 per cent of the commission was paid in advance to the officials concerned and the ministers for procuring the work. Taking serious view of the allegations, the Court directed to file an affidavit in connection with those allegations. A division bench comprising Chief Justice Gyan Sudha Mishra and Justice D K Sinha passed the order while hearing a Public Interest Litigation filed by one Non Government Organisation Jan Kalyan Morcha. Mr Abhay Kumar Mishra, appearing on behalf of the petitioner, pleaded that around Rs 35 crores were spent by the state government to construct the 35 km road. Mr Mishra said construction of the road was completed in November, 2007, but the entire road was washed away in June last year. At present there was no road, therefore the government should make arrangement to construct the road and lodge FIR against the people involved in this scam, Mr Mishra pleaded. Earlier P K Prasad, Advocate General appearing on behalf of the state government, had given clean chit to the state government to file FIR against the erring. -- (UNI) -- 05CA36.xml

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