IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.6398 of 1997 The Patna High Court Council of Legal Aid and Advice through its Secretary, Smt. Anjana Prakash Petitioner Versus 1. The State of Bihar through its Secretary, 2. Urban Development Department, through its Secretary, Government of Bihar, New Secretariat, Patna. 3. Commissioner, Patna Division, 4. District Magistrate, Patna 5. Patna Municipal Corporation, through its Administrator, Budha Marg, Patna. 6. Bihar State Electricity Board, through its Chairman, Bailey Road, Patna. 7. Patna Electric Supply Undertaking through its Chief Engineer, Mangles Road, Patna. 8. Department of Health, Govt. of Bihar, through its Secretary, New Secretariat, Patna. 9. Bihar Rajya Jal Parishad through its Managing Director (BISWAS BOARD), Boring Canal Road, Patna. Respondents. ----------- For the petitioner - Mr.Faiz Ahmad, Advocate For the PMC - Mr.Bishwa Bibhuti Kr.Singh Advocate. ---------- 37 17.11.2011 The cause exposes in the writ petition relates to water logging in different areas during rainy season, lack of adequate supply of electricity, construction and maintenance of roads and supply of drinking water etc. at various localities of Patna. In a similar matter, a Division Bench of this Court while disposing of two public interest litigations i.e., CWJC No.6192 of 1997 (Shyam Kishore Sharma, Advocate Vrs. The State of Bihar and ors.) and CWC No.2418 of 2009 (Jitendra Narain Singh Vrs. The State of Bihar and ors.) by its order dated 26.04.2010 has issued various guidelines to the State Government to take steps for preventing water logging during rainy season 2 and to keep the city roads neat and clean as also to maintain sanitary condition. It has further been directed to keep the roads neat and clean during rainy season, so that the people may get rid of such perennial problems. Under the circumstances, we are of the view that this writ petition can be disposed of in terms of order dated 26.4.2010 passed in the above two writ petitions. We make it clear that the State Government will ensure and to take effective steps for prevention of water logging in different areas of the city during rainy season, maintain sanitary condition of the city and to keep the roads neat and clean so as to avoid further inconvenience to the public at large. With the above observation, this writ petition stands disposed of. Chandran (T.Meena Kumari, J.) (Vikash Jain, J.)