2026:CGHC:2977-DB Digitally signed SAGRIKA by SAGRIKA AGRAWAL AGRAWAL Date: 2026.01.27

15:17:04 +0530 NAFR HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR WPCR No. 18 of 2026

1 - Mishri Lal Pandey (M.L. Pandey) S/o Late Durga Prasad Pandey Aged About 70 Years Retired Additional Director, Directorate Social Welfare, R/o E4, Sector 2, Agroha Society, In Front Of Hr Tower, Raipur Chowk, District- Raipur (C.G.)

... Petitioner(s)

versus

1 - Union Of India Through Home Secretary, Ministry Of Home Affairs India, North Block, Cabinet Secretariat, Raisina Hills New Delhi New Delhi

2 - State Of Chhattisgarh Through Chief Secretary, Mahanadi Bhawan, Mantralaya Atal Nagar Nawa Raipur District- Raipur (C.G.)

3 - Central Bureau Of Investigation C.B.I Chhattisgarh Through The Superintendent Of Police, Cbi, Ac-Iv, Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh)

4 - Kundan Singh Thakur S/o Shri Hari Singh Thakur Aged About 43 Years R/o House No. 3, Near Khallari Mata Mandir, P.S. City, Kushalpur Chowk, District- Raipur (C.G.)

... Respondent(s)

For Petitioner(s) : Mr. Varun Sharma, Advocate For Respondent(s) : Mr. Praveen Das, Addl. Advocate General Hon'ble Shri Ramesh Sinha, Chief Justice Hon’ble Shri Ravindra Kumar Agrawal, Judge

Order on Board

On 19.01.2026 Per Ramesh Sinha, Chief Justice

1. The present writ petition has been filed by the petitioner challenging the FIR No. RC2222020A0001 registered by Central Bureau of Investigation P.S. SPE/CBI/AC-IV/Bhopal under Sections 120B, 409, 420, 467, 468 and 471 of IPC and Section 13 (2) read with Section 13 (1)(d) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 and the petitioner claimed for the following relief:-

“10.1 That, this Hon’ble Court may kindly be pleased to set-aside/ quash the impugned first information report No. RC2222020A0001 registered at P.S. SPE/CBI/AC-IV/ Bhopal dated 05.02.2020 for offence Sections 120B, 409, 420, 467, 468 and 471 of the IPC and Section 13 (2) read with Section 13 (1)(d) of Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988, so far it relates to the petitioner.

10.2 Any other relief may also be granted by this Hon’ble Court in facts and circumstances of the case.”

2. The brief facts of the case are that the petitioner is an accused in Crime No. RC 2222020A0001, registered at SPE/CBI/AC-iv/Bhopal dated 05.02.2020. It is the allegation in the FIR that one Kundan Singh Thakur had filed a writ petition WP(Cr) No. 580/2017 before this Court which was subsequently converted into Public Interest Litigation and registered as WPPIL No. 53/2018. In the said writ petition, the petitioner seeking appropriate order/ direction to CBI to register the FIR and to investigate the alleged embezzlement of government fund disbursed to the non-governmental organization namely State Resource Centre (in short SRC) (Rajya Shrotra Nishaktjan Sansthan) for running of Physical Referral Rehabilitation Centre (in short PRRC). It is also alleged in the FIR that the said SRC was registered in the year 2004 as a Chhattisgarh Society Registration Act, 1973 for setting up and running of PRRC for welfare of disabled and handicap persons and was given huge funds for the same. There has been no visible activities at this PRRC and no recruitment process was under taken and is running only on papers and showing the employees working at PRRC and other departments/ offices within the Chhattisgarh State, they withdrawn the huge amounts towards their salary but neither the petitioner nor any other employees of PRRC were paid any salary. It is also alleged that the salaries were shown to have been paid in cash and the said amount has been cyfund in a planned and organized manner. In the audit conducted by the finance department of the State, the withdrawal of cash amount through irregular and illegal process has been deducted and considering the material available in the writ petition, the Hon’ble Division Bench of this Court vide its order dated 30.01.2020 directed the CBI to register the FIR and to investigate the matter.

In compliance of the order passed in WPPIL No. 5