IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Miscellaneous Jurisdiction Case No.496 of 2011 Shishir Kumar, S/o Sita Ram Singh, resident of Village + Post- Fatahpur, P.S. Sheohar, District- Sheohar.. ..........................................................................Petitioner Versus 1. The State Of Bihar 2. Mr. Anup Mukherjee, Chief Secretary, Govt. of Bihar, Patna 3. Mr. Rajendra Kumar Mishra, Secretary, Deptt. Of Law ( Judicial ), Govt. of Bihar, Patna. 4. Mr. Vidhu Bhushan Pathak, Registrar General, Patna High Court, Patna.................... Opp.Parties. ---------------------------------- 7 29-08-2011 Heard the parties. From annexure-A to the supplementary show cause filed on behalf of opposite party no.3, Secretary Department of Law, Government of Bihar, it appears that a meeting of as many as 13 high officials connected with the matter at hand was organized under the Chairmanship of Chief Secretary on 3rd. August, 2011. We have been taken through annexure-A by the counsel appearing for the State to show the present problems and time within which the authorities have assured to solve the same. The petitioner of this contempt application has a grievance that in spite of order/direction of this Court the authorities are not taking required steps so as to enable the Civil Court for the district of Sheohar to function from Sheohar. Presently the Civil Court is functioning from 2 Sitamarhi the district from which the Judicial District Sheohar was created long back. From the statements made in paragraphs 7 and 10 of the supplementary show cause it transpires that Sheohar district is deemed to be affected by Naxal activities and for dealing with such menace a large number of State Police Force as well as C.R.P.F. are camping in the court and jail premises at Sheohar. On account of scarcity of accommodation, there is difficulty in shifting them from there. In consonance with the fact that the main work of constructing barracks for the police force has already been undertaken and is likely to be completed by June 2012, in paragraph10 a stand has been taken that the civil court at Sheohar may be made functional two months after completion of all works, which, as per present position, will take at least one year six months time ( including completion of residential quarters for P.Os.). However, it is also indicated that without waiting for completion of such quarters, the civil court can be made functional after one year. From the report at annexure-A it is found that 3 additional one block for residence of P.O.s and additional two blocks for residence of Executive Officers are proposed to be completed within one year and six months and remaining works are estimated to be complete within a period of one year. In our view, for making civil court functional at Sheohar it would not be necessary to wait for completion of additional block for the Presiding Officers. Hence, we are of the view that all the authorities, who are to meet again for further review in November, 2011, shall ensure that the works are taken up and completed within the time stipulated. The civil court at Sheohar should be made functional from Sheohar at the earliest and in any case within two months of completion of the works indicated in annexure-A for which we grant time till June 2012, as indicated in the report. The Civil Court should be made functional at Sheohar at the earliest, preferably within one year from today. Learned counsel for the High Court is expected to make available a copy of this order along with Annexure- A to the Registrar General for consideration of the matter 4 on the administrative side. Let a copy of this order be also furnished to learned counsels for the State and for the High Court. The contempt proceeding is disposed of accordingly. Naresh ( Shiva Kirti Singh, J.) ( Shivaji Pandey, J)