SACHCHIDANAND GUPTA (SACHCHEY) [P.I.L.] CIVIL Vs. UNION OF INDIA THRU. SECY., MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT AND ORS.

JUDGEMENT

(1.) WE have heard learned counsel for parties and perused the pleadings of writ petition.

(2.) LEARNED counsel for petitioner, Ms. Kamini Jaiswal submitted that there are umpteen number of examples of bungling of Central Government's funds allotted to the State Government under the 'Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme' as they have been improperly utilized, or say, swindled away by the local politicians but despite it being in the knowledge of Central Government as well as State Government, no effective remedial steps have been taken to contain the bungling or pilfering of the funds nor has the State Government proceeded to prosecute the beneficiaries of such scams.

(3.) MS . Jaiswal also referred to para 15 of the judgment of Hon'ble the Apex Court reported in : (2011) 5 SCC 668 (Centre for Environment and Food Security Vs. Union of India and others).