HC imposes cost on ward member for lodging complaint without verifying facts
The Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court has imposed a cost of ₹20,000 on a ward member for filing a complaint without verifying the facts. The complaint alleged misappropriation of funds by the village panchayat president, but the court found that the funds had been remitted back. The court dismissed the petition, stating it was lodged irresponsibly and ordered the petitioner to pay the imposed costs to the relevant parties.
- ▪The court imposed a cost of ₹20,000 on a ward member for an unverified complaint.
- ▪The complaint alleged that the village panchayat president misappropriated ₹95,550 without executing work.
- ▪The court found that the funds had been remitted back and preliminary work had been done.
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The Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court imposed a cost of ₹20,000 on a ward member of Kalukarkadai village panchayat in Sivaganga district for alleging that the president (in-charge) of the village panchayat misappropriated funds without executing the allotted work. However, the amount had been remitted.The court was hearing a petition filed by P. Mohamed Sherif. He had lodged a complaint before the Directorate of Vigilance and Anti Corruption that the vice-president, the in-charge president of village panchayat, misappropriated a sum of ₹95,550 without executing the allotted work. The petitioner said the DVAC had not acted on his complaint.Justice B. Pugalendhi took into account that a sum of ₹95,550 was allotted for construction of food grains godown in the village.
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