IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.10842 of 2011 Rama Shankar Ram son of Late Ram Bachan Ram, Residence of Village Chapatahi, P.O.Dhansoi, P.S.Dhansoi, District Buxar Petitioner Versus 1. The State Of Bihar through Principal Secretary, Water Resources Department, Govt. of Bihar, Patna. 2. The Irrigation Director, Government of Bihar,Patna. 3. The Irrigation Commissioner, Patna. 4. The Chief Engineer, Dihari-on-Son, Water Resources Department, Indrapuri, Rohtas. 5. The Executive Engineer, Ganga Pump Canal Division, Chausa, Buxar 6. The Superintendent of Engineer,Flood Control Circle, Buxar 7. The Sub-Divisional Officer, Son Canal Division, Krishnapur Nokha, Rohtas 8. The Sub-Divisional Officer, Jamrodh, Dinara, Rohtas 9. The Sub-Divisioanl Officer, Manoharpur. 10. The Sub-Divisional Officer, Buxar. Respondents. ----------- 02 11.07.2011 Heard Mr.Surendra Kumar Singh, learned counsel for the petitioner and Mr.Devendra Kumar Sinha, Additional Advocate General II for the respondents. 2. The writ petition purported to be in the nature of a public interest litigation seeks to quash the relevant circulars of the State Government whereby settlement of Nahar Chatt which is being done on the basis of lottery system may be abolished and be substituted by a more objective system. 3. It appears to us on the basis of the materials on record and submissions of the learned counsel for the parties that the lottery system for allotment of the work in question is founded on a policy decision of the State Government based on administrative perception and experience. Law is well settled by a long judicial 2 pronouncements that this Court normally desists from interfering with the policy decisions of the Government. The Court can interfere only if such policy decisions do not conform to the Constitutional norms, or are so erroneous that a person duly instructed in law cannot reach that conclusion, or is beyond the aims and objects of the concerned legislation. The grievance of the writ petitioner is bereft of such features. We do not find any merit in the writ petition. It is dismissed. psc (S.K.Katriar,J.) (Vikash Jain, J.)