IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.20555 of 2011 Ramjee Prasad Sharma S/O Late Mahabir Sharma Resident of Village-Shankar Saraiya, Fateh Tola, P.O. + P.S.-Turkaulia, Distt.-East Champaran (Motihari). Petitioner Versus 1.The State of Bihar through the Principal Secretary, Rural Works Department, Government of Bihar, Patna. 2. The Principal Secretary, Rural Works Department, Government of Bihar, Patna. 3. The Engineer-In-Chief, Rural Works Department, Government of Bihar, Patna. 4. The District Magistrate, East Champaran, Motihari. 5. The Executive Engineer, Rural Works Department, Work Division-2, Motihari. 6. The Superintending Engineer, Rural Works Department, Work Circle, Bettiah, West Champaran. Respondents ----------- 02 24.11.2011 The present writ petition has been filed in the form of Public Interest Litigation seeking a direction upon the respondent authorities to do the maintenance and repairing work of Kawalpur Chowk to Shankar Saraiya Chowk R.E.O. road within Turkaulia Block in Turkaulia block under Works Division-2, Motihari. A supplementary affidavit has been filed by the Counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner stating at paragraph 7 and 8 that after filing the present writ petition, the respondent authorities has sanctioned a sum of Rs.50.00 lakhs for the maintenance of Kawalpur Chowk to Shankar Saraiya Chowk R.E.O. within Turkaulia block vide letter no.183 dated 10.2.2011 issued by the Joint Secretary, Rural Works Department, Government of Bihar. It is also submitted at paragraph 8 of the supplementary affidavit that the respondent authorities have repaired/maintained only 1.5 Kms. road from Kawalpur Chowk to 2 Munshinar village and rest of the road measuring about 2 Kms. has still not been repaired/maintained. It is also submitted at paragraph 9 of the supplementary affidavit that the budgetary allocation of Rs.350 Crores has been made for the financial year 2011-12 for the maintenance/repair of rural roads. The learned counsel appearing on behalf of petitioner has also annexed letter no.183 dated 10.2.2011 with the supplementary affidavit showing allocation of Rs. 50 Crores for repair of Kawalpur Chowk to Shankar Sariaya Chowk R.E.O. road within Turkaulia Block in Turkaulia, vide item no. 5 of the letter. The petitioner has also filed a representation before the Principal Secretary, Rural Works Department, Government of Bihar, Patna (Respondent no.2) on 3.11.2010 (Annexure-3) for taking up the maintenance/repair work of the road in question. Having heard the learned counsel appearing on behalf of the State and taking into consideration the statements made at paragraphs 7, 8 and 9 of the supplementary affidavit we are of the opinion that it would suffice if a direction is issued to the Respondent no.2 to undertake the repairs/maintenance work of the road in question within a short time so as to avoid inconvenience to the public, preferably within a period of four months from the date of receipt/production of a copy of this order. 3 With the above observation this writ petition stands disposed of. Chandran (T.Meena Kumari, J.) (Vikash Jain, J.)