IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.6760 of 2011 MADAN MOHAN KUMAR AZAD, S/o late Ram Dhari Prasad Singh, resident of Kumharar, P.S. Bahadurpur Colony, in the town and district –Patna at present Law Clerk in the Civil Court, Patna. ……. Petitioner. Versus 1. THE STATE OF BIHAR, through the Secretary and the Special Secretary Urban Development Department, Govt. of Bihar, New Secretariat, Patna. 2. The Patna Regional Development Authority, through its Vice Chairman, Maurya Lok Complex, Dak Bunglow Road, Patna-800 001. 3. The Patna Municipal Corporation, through its Chief Executive Officer, Patna. 4. The Bihar State Electricity Board, Vidyut Bhawan, Bailey Road, Patna, through its Chairman. 5. The Bihar State Water and Sewage Board, through its Executive Officer, Patna. …… Respondents. ----------- 02- 19.04.2011 Heard Mr. Kaushlendra Kumar Singh for the petitioner, and Mr. Ritesh Kumar, learned Assistant Counsel to Additional Advocate General No.14. The petitioner has filed the instant writ petition in the nature of public interest litigation for commanding the respondents to clear the encroachment made of 40 feet wide road connecting Fraser Road with Exhibition Road, Patna. The petitioner states that 40 feet wide road has been almost reduced to a lane on account of unauthorized encroachments. 2. We find from the materials on record that the petitioner has not moved the Patna Municipal Corporation for 2 redressal of his grievances. We are thus of the view that the petitioner should first approach the Chief Executive Officer, Patna Municipal Corporation, for the relief sought for in this writ petition. 3. With the aforesaid observation, this writ petition is disposed of. (S K Katriar, J.) (S.P. Singh, J.) S.K.Pathak/