Lok Aayog has no jurisdiction and authority to pass orders directing departmental enquiry and consequent recovery, it can only make recommendations for such an action.

1. The superb question of law that falls for consideration in this writ petition is, whether the Chhattisgarh Lok Aayog has jurisdiction and authority to pass an order directing the State Government and / or its authorities to hold departmental enquiry mandatorily and to recover the amount in exercise of its advisory jurisdiction under sub-section (1) of Section 11 of the Chhattisgarh Lok Aayog Adhiniyam, 2002 (for short ‘the Adhiniyam, 2002’). 2. The above stated question of law arises for determination in the following factual backdrop: – 3. The petitioner is holding the s...