IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.5918 of 2009 2 12.5.2009 Ripunjay Kumar son of Sri Suresh Rai, resident of village Rampur, PO Rampur, PS Bakhri, District Begusarai at present Member of Panchayat Samittee Bakhri Prakhand Ward No.4 ..... Petitioner VERSUS 1. The State of Bihar through the Chief Secretary, Government of Bihar, Patna 2. The Chief Secretary, Government of Bihar, Patna 3. The Secretary, Personnel and Administrative Reforms Department, Bihar Govt., Patna. 4. The Secretary, Home Dept. Government of Bihar, Patna 5. The Secretary, Village Development Dept. Government of Bihar, Patna 6. The Secretary, Finance Dept. Government of Bihar, Patna 7. The Secretary, Revenue and Land Reforms Dept. Old Secretariat, Patna 8. The Secretary-cum-Principal Secretary, Government of Bihar, Urban Development and Housing Dept. Patna 9. The Deputy Secretary-cum- Director, Government of Bihar, Urban Development Dept. Patna 10. The Deputy Secretary, Bihar Legislative Council, Government of Bihar, Patna 11. The Additional Collector-cum- the Officer Incharge, District General Branch. Begusarai 12. The District Magistrate, Begusarai 13. The Sub-Divisional Officer, Bakhri Under the District Begusarai 14. The Circle Officer, Bakhri Distt. Begusarai ...... Respondents. -------- For the Petitioner : Mr Binod Kumar Ambastha, Adv. For the State : Mr Vikas Kumar, AC to Advocate General For Vidhan Parishad : Mr Kaushal Jha, Advocate -------- This Public Interest Litigation has been filed on behalf of residents of Rampur Gram Panchayat. It is directed against a draft notification dated 24.9.2008 under Section 3 and 2 4 of the Bihar Municipal Act, 2007. There is no dispute that the draft notification has invited objection to the proposal to constitute Bakhari Nagar Panchayat and petitioner has annexed as Annexure-13, objection said to have been filed on behalf of residents of Rampur village. In the facts of the case, the writ petition is disposed of with a direction to the authority concerned to consider the representation of the petitioner and residents of Rampur village in accordance with law. (Shiva Kirti Singh, J.) (Dr Ravi Ranjan, J.) sk