IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.9157 of 2006 Pramod Kumar, Son of Late Bal Govind Singh, at Village Salarpur, PS Karpi, District Arwal --- Petitioner. Versus 1. The Union of India through the Chief General Manager, Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited, Bihar, Patna. 2. The General Manager, Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited, Gaya. 3. The Division Engineer (Ext.) in the office of G.M., B.S.N.L., Gaya. 4. The Sub-divisional Engineer, B.S.N.L., Arwal. 5. The Commercial Officer, B.S.N.L., Gaya. ----- Respondents. ----------- 4 17.10.2011 Nobody appears for the petitioner. Counsel representing the Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (hereinafter referred to as „the B.S.N.L.‟) is present in Court. This writ application has been filed for a direction to the respondents for issuance of Village Public Telephone (hereinafter referred to as „the V.P.T.‟) connection for village Salarpur forthwith. The stand of the B.S.N.L. is that every village is entitled to one phone connection. It is said that the Mukhiya Sri R.N. Yadav of the Gram Panchayat was given a telephone connection number “235146”. He applied for conversion of the said phone into V.P.T. on 21.4.2005 and as such, the telephone was converted into V.P.T. It is also the stand of the B.S.N.L. that when the petitioner applied for the telephone he was sent a notice to 2 deposit the amount for the connection which he did not deposit as a result of which the V.P.T. connection was not granted to him. Finally it is submitted that since each village is entitled to one connection, the Mukhiya of the village has already been awarded the connection and as such, the prayer on behalf of the petitioner is now infructuous. Considering the submissions made on behalf of the respondents, this writ application has become infructuous and it is dismissed as such. Sanjay (Sheema Ali Khan, J.)