JUDGMENT :

Ashwani Kumar Mishra, J.

Following orders were passed by this Court in the matter on 5.10.2020:-

''Petitioner is the elected Pradhan and is aggrieved by the order of District Magistrate, Hamirpur dated 8.7.2020, whereby her financial and administrative powers have been ceased. The charge against the petitioner is of financial embezzlement to the tune of Rs.17,58,000/-.

Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that financial irregularities/ embezzlement was done by the Panchayat Secretary, who had charge in respect of two villages. In respect of first village it was found that nine cheques were issued in favour of two persons namely Munsif Farooqui and Sanjay Kumar. On enquiry it was found that the illegal payments were fraudulently made to these very persons. Attention of the Court has been invited to page 34 of the writ petition, which shows that petitioner also made a complaint against the Panchayat Secretary by stating that he is maintaining the cheque-book and it is alleged that these very persons were issued about 95 cheques in the petitioner's village also. It is stated that the fraud was pointed out by the petitioner herself but the authorities are helping and prote