ORAL JUDGMENT

(Per: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE P. B. BAJANTHRI)

Date : 21-03-2024 In the instant petition, petitioner has prayed for the following relief:-

(i) For issuance of a writ, order, or direction in the nature of mandamus thereby directing the respondents to initiate inquiry either by S.I.T., C.B.I., or any other independent agency under the supervision of this Hon’ble Court in frauds committed by officials of Respondent Uttar Bihar Gramin Bank which has been revealed in audit report conducted by its auditor. According to the audit reports, such frauds alone have caused losses in excess of Rs.500 cores, and Respondent No. 1, 3 & 4 have not even given a cursory look at such frauds altogether it has acknowledged the same.

(ii) To issue a writ, order, or direction in the nature of mandamus thereby directing Respondent No.7 & Central Bureau of Investigation (C.B.I.) to register a regular case and conduct a depth investigation in the matter of the large-scale fraud and scam of the public money as reported by the petitioner in his complaint dated 20.08.2022 and complaint dated 17.07.2021 made to Chief Judicial Magistrate (CJM), Muzaffarpur on the basis of which FIR No. 83/2022 dated 20.0