IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.8677 of 2011 Siya Ram Yadav, aged about 55 years, son of Parmeshwar Yadav, resident of village- Bindtoli, P.S.- Gopalpur, District-Bhagalpur. ….. Petitioner. Versus 1. The State of Bihar through Principal Secretary, Revenue and Land Reforms Department, Government of Bihar, Old Secretariat, Patna. 2. The Commissioner, Bhagalpur Division, Bhagalpur. 3. District Magistrate, Bhagalpur. ….. Respondents. ----------- For the petitioner : Mr. Ashutosh Kumar, Advocate For respondents : Mr. Rajeev Lochan, A.C to G.A.9 ----------- 07/ 24.08.2011 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned counsel for the respondents. 2. This writ petition has been filed by the petitioner for directing the respondents to provide ferry service by country boat on the Ganges for the residents of the area in the neighbourhood of Tintanga Ghat to the north of the Ganges and Kahalgaon on the southern side of the Ganges by settling the public ferry known as Tintanga Ghat Public Ferry within the District of Bhagalpur. 3. A counter affidavit has been filed on behalf of the respondents annexing notice dated 30.03.2011 (Annexure-A) by which auction of the said Public Ferry was cancelled for security reason. It is further stated that on 13.04.2011 (Annexure-B) fresh notice was issued by the respondents in response to which only one application was received and the said public ferry service was settled with the said sole bidder Gauri Shankar Singh on 15.07.2011 (Annexure-C). 4. In the said circumstances, relief claimed by the - 2 - petitioner in the instant writ petition has already been granted to him. Accordingly, this writ petition is dismissed with a liberty to the petitioner to challenge the aforesaid settlement, if he so likes. Sunil (S. N. Hussain, J.)