IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.15248 of 2001 =================================================== 1. Ravindra Prasad Roy, son of Late Janak Roy, resident of 3E/284, New Patliputra Colony, Patna 800013 2. Dr. Sadanand Jha, son of Late Kapileshwar Jha, resident of G-5/3 Vishal Residency, Raja Bazar, P.S.-Shastrinagar, Bailey Road, Patna (Intervener Petitioner) .... .... Petitioners Versus 1. The State Of Bihar through Secretary-cum-Commissioner Department of Urban Development, Govt. of Bihar, Patna 2. The Patna Regional Development Authority through its Vice-Chairman, Maurya Lok, Patna-800001 3. The Patna Municipal Corporation through its Administrator, Budh Marg, Patna-800001 4. The Bihar State Housing Board through its Managing Director, 6, Sardar Patel Marg, Patna-800015 5. The District Magistrate, Patna 6. The Senior Superintendent of Police, Patna 7. Secretary, Department of Public Health Engineering Department, Govt. of Bihar, Patna .... .... Respondents =================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner : Mr. Basant Kumar Choudhary, Sr. Advocate For the Respondent/s:Mr. Ansuman, Adv. J.C. to A.A.G.-1 For the Patna Municipal Corporation :- Mr. Bishwa Bibhuti Kumar Singh, Adv. 69 15-11-2011 The present writ petition has been filed by the petitioner in the form of Public Interest Litigation being aggrieved by the construction of multi-storied buildings near Patna city. The matter is adjourned from time to time. It has been submitted by learned counsel for the State that Patna City master plan is pending for approval by the Government since last two years. We find some force in the argument of the petitioners and the material annexed to the writ petition would go to show that the petitioners are armed with certain reasonable cause to espouse their grievances in this writ petition. However, we are of the opinion that if any violation comes to the notice of the Patna Municipality with regard to 2 construction of any building in and around the Patna city, it is for the Municipality to take appropriate action in accordance with law. We do not want to delve into the merits of the case as it is not the subject matter of the Public Interest Litigation. Without going into the merits of such cases, we are of the opinion that it would suffice if a direction is issued to the State Government to take expedite action for finalization of the master plan as early as possible. Accordingly, such direction is issued. With the above observation and direction, the writ petition stands disposed of. ASHWINI /- (T. Meena Kumari, J) (Vikash Jain, J)