Ext.P3 award passed by the 1st respondent is under challenge in this writ petition.

2. The petitioner was the 8th respondent in a suomotu proceedings initiated by the 1st respondent Ombudsman MGNREGS (Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme). The Ombudsman received a complaint over telephone in respect of the work carried out by the workers under the Scheme in Amballur Grama Panchayat. On receipt of the complaint he visited the Grama Panchayat and inspected the ongoing worksite belonging to the petitioner on 27.9.2012 along with the Program Officer and Accredited Overseer. It was seen that the property in which work was carried out belonged to the petitioner, who is a member of an affluent family; her husband retired from Rubber Board and she has got two sons, of which one is working in USA as Engineer and the other one is a Doctor in Lakeshore Hospital, Ernakulam. The 1st respondent issued notice to (1) Programme Officer of the Grama Panchayat, (2) Block Program Officer of Mulanthuruthy Block, (3) District Program Co-ordinator, Ernakulam, (4) Member of the Ward XV, Amballur Grama Panchayat, (5) President of the Amballur Grama Panchayat, (6) President of