IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.10082 of 2010 1. MITHILESH KUMAR S/O LATE NAGENDRA SINGH R/O VILL DOGHARA, P.S.BIHTA, DISTT-PATNA Versus 1. THE STATE OF BIHAR THROUGH THE DEPUTY DEVELOPMENT COMMISSIONER PATNA 2. THE GENERAL MANAGER DISTRICT INDUSTRY CENTRE PATNA 3. THE CHIEF GENERAL MANAGER, STATE BANK OF INDIA, REGIONAL LOCAL HEAD OFFICE, WEST OF GANDHI MAIDAN, PATNA 4. THE BRANCH MANAGER, STATE BANK OF INDIA LAI BRANCH, BIHTA, PATNA ----------- For the petitioner: Mr. Ravi Kant Kumar, Advocate For the Bank: M/s. Alok Choudhary & Nasendra Kumar, Advocates For the State: Mr. Sanjay Kumar Jha, AC to SC 9. ----------- 3. 19.7.2010 The petitioner has come to this Court seeking a direction upon the respondent no. 4, Branch Manager, Lai Branch, Bihta in the district of Patna to sanction and pay an amount of Rs. 10,00,000/- ( ten lacs) in favour of the petitioner under the Prime Minister Employment Generation Programme (PMEGP). The petitioner’s application has been tossed around for quite a while from Bank to Bank forcing him to earlier approach this Court by filing CWJC No. 7602/2010 which was disposed of by order dated 30.4.2010 directing the General Manager, District 2 Industry Centre, Patna to forward the application of the petitioner to the concerned Bank within two weeks. Pursuant to the same the matter was finally sent to the aforesaid Branch of the State Bank of India which returned the loan application of the petitioner to the District Industry Centre. However, in the counter affidavit filed on behalf of respondent nos. 3 and 4 it is stated that the same was returned because the controlling authority of the Bank had not allotted any target under the said programme to the concerned Branch but subsequently by order dated 5.7.2010 one target has been allotted to Lai Branch of the State Bank of India and the respondent no.4 Branch Manager has accordingly by his letter dated 9.7.2010 advised the District Industry Centre, Patna to forward the loan application of the petitioner for processing of the same. In the above circumstances, the writ application is disposed of with a direction to respondent no.2, the General Manager, District Industry Center, Patna to forward the application of the petitioner to the concerned Branch of the State Bank of India within a period of one week from the date of receipt/production of a copy of 3 this order and thereafter the respondent no.4, the Branch Manager of the concerned Bank shall dispose of the said application expeditiously preferably within a further period of six weeks of the receipt of the application from the District Industry Centre. S. Pandey ( Ramesh Kumar Datta, J.)