IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CIVIL WRIT JURISDICTION CASE No.11662 of 1996 =========================================================== Uma Shankar Mishra son of late Sri Sheo Nandan Mishra, retired District Cooperative Officer and at present Advocate, High Court of Judicature at Patna, resident of Punaichak, Police Station Sashtri Nagar, Patna in the District of Patna. .... .... Petitioner/s Versus 1. The State Of Bihar 2. The Bihar State Housing Board through the Chairman, Bihar State Housing Board, Patna. 3. Managing Director, Bihar State Housing Board, Patna. 4. The Chief Engineer, Bihar State Housing Board, Patna. 5. The Executive Engineer, Bihar State Housing Board, Division no. 2, Patna. 6. Prabhandhak, Bhu Sampata Sah Appar Sachiv (the State Officer cum Deputy Secretary), Bihar, State Housing Board, Psatna. 7. Assistant Engineer, Division-2, Bihar State Housing Board, Patna. .... .... Respondent/s =========================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Hariji Upadhayay Mr. Shiva Nand Pathak For the Respondent/s : Mr. (GP2) Mr. /Mrs.Santosh Singh =========================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE and HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE BIRENDRA PRASAD VERMA ORAL JUDGMENT Patna High Court CWJC No.11662 of 1996 dt.22-06-2011 2 22nd June 2011 (Per: HONOURABLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE) None of the learned advocates is present before us. This petition under Article 226 of the Constitution is filed by one Uma Shankar Mishra, an allottee of the plot no. 5M/193 in the housing project undertaken by the respondent- Bihar State Housing Board (hereinafter referred to as “the Board) at Digha, Patna. It is the claim of the petitioner that under the Hire purchase agreement dated 3rd November, 1995 the petitioner was under obligation to commence construction on the allotted plot within two years from the date of allotment and to complete it within five years from the date of possession. It is the grievance of the petitioner that although the petitioner has been handed over possession of the aforesaid plot no. 5M/193, the Board has failed to provide the civic amenities such as road, electric and water supply and drainage. In absence of civic amenities the petitioner is unable to make construction over the plot of land allotted to him. The petition is not contested by the Board. There cannot be a dispute in respect of the responsibility of the Board to provide civic amenities as demanded by the petitioner. We believe, in view of the passage of time such civic amenities must have been provided by now. If the Board has failed to provide civic amenities Patna High Court CWJC No.11662 of 1996 dt.22-06-2011 3 till date, the Board will take up the project to provide civic amenities such as road, water supply, electric power and drainage in the housing project planned by it. Subject to the above direction the petition is disposed of. Registry will send the writ forthwith. ( R. M. Doshit, CJ) ( Birendra Prasad Verma, J) BTiwary/