A.H. Saikia, J.

1. This petition is being preferred in the nature of Public Interest Litigation (for short "PIL") assailing the execution of the agreements dated 7.9.01 and 23.4.02 by the State of Meghalaya, the State Respondents with M/s M.S. Associates, Respondent No. 5 appointing Respondent No. 5 as Distributor for 'Meghalaya State Computerised On-line Lotteries' (for short, "On-line Lotteries") for organising, distribution, marketing and sale of ticket of On-line Lotteries, throughout the State of Meghalaya involving the transaction of great financial magnitude without the Cabinet approval. The Petitioner has claimed that he, being a public interest spirited citizen, having no personal, private, political or profit motivation and basically having concern with the welfare and development of the State of Meghalaya economically and socially, filed this PIL on the basis of information gathered from the reports of news item published in a local daily "The Shillong Times" dated 13.5.02 and 28.6.02. According to him, if this agreement is allowed to be implemented, the same will have adverse effect on the public exchequer of the Govt. of Meghalaya inasmuch as the Govt. revenue t