IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.7543 of 2010 Chandra Kanta Devi W/O Sri Chandra Chur Jha @ Bhola Jha R/O Vill.- Sonbarsa Raj, P.S. And Anchal- Sonbarsa Raj, Distt.- Saharsa Versus 1. The State Of Bihar 2. The Principal Secretary, Govt. Of Bihar, Department Of Agriculture, Patna 3. The District Magistrate, Saharsa 4. The Circle Officer, Sonbarsa Anchal Sonbarsa, Distt.- Saharsa 5. The Halka Karmchari Sonbarsa Anchal Sonbarsa, Distt.- Saharsa --------------------- 02/ 29.09.2011 Learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner and Ms. Shailly Kumari, Assisting counsel to A.A.G. 8 for the State are present. The petitioner, a resident and land holder in the District of Saharsa has filed a writ petition being aggrieved by the action of the respondent authorities in not providing her with the benefits in terms of the policy decision of the State Government in its Disaster Management Department in extending financial assistance for loss of the agricultural produce in the flood. It is the case of the petitioner that her entire agricultural produce standing in the agricultural fields was destroyed by the floods which invaded the district of Saharsa amongst other districts in the year 2007. Learned counsel for the petitioner placing reliance to a letter dated 12.8.2007 of the Commissioner-cum-Secretary, Disaster Management Department addressed to all departmental Heads, Divisional Commissioner and District Magistrate as well as a letter 2 dated 23.10.2008 of the Principal Secretary, Agricultural Department, Government of Bihar addressed to the District Magistrates of Saharsa, Supaul, Madhepura, Purnea and Araria, submits that despite the welfare measures having been undertaken by the State Government in its different Departments to bail out the victims of flood in the matter of loss/damage to their dwellings as well as to their agricultural lands, the benefit has evaded them and has not ultimately reached the affected and the case of the petitioner is one amongst them. Learned counsel, with reference to an application filed in the light of the different circulars of the State Government providing for flood relief to agriculturists in the flood affected areas placed at Annexure-3 to the writ petition, submits that the said application has remained pending since 30.11.2007 forcing the petitioner to approach this Court. It is rather distressing to note that the welfare efforts of the State Government to provide succour to families of flood fury in the matter of loss of their dwellings as well as loss of their agricultural produce, for whatever reason, has not exactly reached the affected. Spade of litigations has been invading this Court on this issue and this writ petition is another addition to the same. Considering the nature of grievance raised in the writ petition where despite the availability of welfare measures extended by the State Government, the petitioner has to approach this Court to obtain the relief, this Court thinks it appropriate to dispose of the writ petition with a liberty to the petitioner to raise her grievance before the respondent no. 3, the District Magistrate, Saharsa 3 together with relevant details as to her loss of agricultural produce as also enclosing the relevant circulars of the State Government issued in this regard of providing relief to flood affected victims. Considering that the issue raised dates back to a flood which took place as back as in the year 2007, this Court would expect the District Magistrate, Saharsa to consider the grievance and pass appropriate orders within a period of three months from the date of receipt/production of a copy of this order. With the aforesaid observation the writ petition is disposed of. S.Sb/- (Jyoti Saran, J.)