The petitioners have supported these allegations by submitting that the relevant information was procured in response to applications filed under the Right to Information Act, 2005.
The petitioners have levelled some allegations against the incumbent Chief Minister of the State of Sikkim who was impleaded as Respondent No.2 herein.
The crux of these allegations is that he has misused his public office to amass assets disproportionate to his known sources of income.
The relief sought by the petitioners is the issuance of a writ of mandamus directing the Central Bureau of Investigation CBI to investigate the allegations that have been levelled against him.
1 for filing the present writ petition.
The petitioners have also alleged that he has misappropriated a large volume of public money at the companyt of the Government of India and the Government of Sikkim.
3 had sought permission to withdraw from the proceedings.
G. BALAKRISHNAN, CJI The present writ petition was instituted in this Court by way of public interest litigation under Article 32 of the Constitution of India.
