DATTARAM PRABHU Vs. DIRECTOR OF PANCHAYATS

JUDGEMENT

(1.) RULE returned forthwith with the consent of the parties.

(2.) FOR the present purpose, the facts which we would notice hereinunder briefly lie in a very narrow compass.

(3.) ON the complaint of Shantaram Naik, proceedings were initiated against the petitioner under the Goa Public Mens Corruption (Investigations and Inquiries) Act, 1988, for short, "the Act". The Final Report submitted by the Commission under the Act, is Exhibit E dated 24th March, 1999. It has been rendered by the Chairman and a Member of the Commission. The said Final Report inter alia states that as the petitioner is no more Sarpanch no order under section 18 of the Act is to be made. The recommendations made in terms of the Final Report dated 24th March, 1998, are: