Hon’ble Sunil Hali, J.—Principles of public life are of general application in every democracy and one is expected to bear them in mind while scrutinising the conduct of every holder of a public office. It is trite that the holders of public offices are entrusted with certain powers to be exercised in public interest alone and, therefore, the office is held by them in trust for the people. Any deviation, from the path of rectitude by any of them amounts to a breach of trust and must be severely dealt with instead of being pushed under the carpet. Facts of this case are some how similar where an effort was made to push the matter under the carpet. Therefore, through an intervention of this Court in Writ Petition No. 3611 (MB) of 2011 [P.I.L] Sachchidanand (Sachchey) v. State of U.P. and others, connected with other matters, Central Bureau of Investigation (hereinafter referred to as ‘the CBI’) was directed to hold preliminary enquiry in the matter concerning implementation of the National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) in the State of Uttar Pradesh. Gross abuse and misappropriation of NRHM funds by the State functionaries in a planned and concerted manner was alleged in the pet