IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.4346 of 2010 Bijay Kumar Sah s/o Bageshwar Prasad Sah, the President (Sabhapati) cum Convenor of ShriShri 108 Sr5i Ram Mahayagya Samiti, Binobanagar (Raj Gangapur) Sultanganj (Bhagalpur) and Chairman, Binobanagar Bhudan Yugya Samiti, Sultanganj (Bhagalpur) resident at village – Vinobanagar, Rajganga, P.S. Sultanganj, Bhagalpur ……….. Petitioner Versus 1. The State Of Bihar 2. The District Magistrate, Bhagalpur 3. The Superintendent of Police, Bhagalpur 4. The Sub Divisional Magistrate, Bhagalpur 5. The Deputy Superintendent of Police, Bhagalpur 6. The Police Inspector, Sultanganj, Bhagalpur 7. The Officer-in Charge, Sultanganj, Bhagalpur 8. Naresh Choudhary s/o late Shiv Govind Choudhary 9. Bipin Choudhary s/o late Niranjana Choudhary 10. Sidharth Choudhary s/o late Naresh Choudhary 11. Rukmini Choudhary w/o late Chamak Lal Sah, all residents of village Mahajantola, Sultanganj, District – Bhagalpur …………. Respondents ----------- For the petitioner: Mr. Amar Nath Mishra, Advocate For the State: Mr. Y.P.Sinha, AAG –V --- 2 12/3/2010 In this public interest litigation the prayer is to command the Collector, Bhagalpur to permit the petitioner to hold Sri Ram Mahayugya at a particular plot. On a perusal of the documents, it is manifest that the Sub- Divisional Magistrate has issued an order under section 144 of the Code of Criminal Procedure . 2 In our considered opinion, it is open to the Collector to take care of law and order situation and, therefore, in a case of present nature a writ of mandamus cannot be issued to the Collector to permit the petitioner to hold the Mahayugya at that place. The writ petition is accordingly dismissed. Neyaz/ (Dipak Misra, CJ.) (Mihir Kumar Jha, J.