IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.2849 of 2008 PUNPUN BARRAGE JOT JAMIN BACHAO MORCHA Versus UNION OF INDIA &ORS ----------- For the petitioner : Mr. Basant Kumar Choudhary, Senior Advocate Mr. Arun Kumar, Advocate For the respondents no.1 & 2: Dr. Ratan Kumar, Central Government Counsel For the respondents 3 to 5 : Mr. Shashi Bhushan Kumar, Standing Counsel-XVI ------ P R E S E N T Hon'ble the Chief Justice & Hon'ble Mr. Justice Kishore K. Mandal ----- Dated, the 20th August, 2008 Punpun Barrage Jot Jamin Bachao Morcha is a committee constituted for protection of rights of farmers who have been affected by construction of a barrage on river Punpun, near village Hamidnagar, District Aurangabad. Although the writ petition has been titled as ‘public interest litigation’, as a matter of fact, from the available material, it does not seem to have an iota of public interest and rather it appears to be against the larger interest of public. 2. The purpose of construction of a barrage on river Punpun is to irrigate large area lying east of river Punpun. 3. In the counter affidavit filed by respondent no.5 2 (Executive Engineer, Water Resources Department, Govt. of Bihar, Patna), it is stated that alignment of guide bund and afflux bund of Punpun barrage scheme has been finalized by C.W.P.R.S, Pune after conducting model studies on flow of river Punpun. 4. We are afraid, the expert opinion, on the basis of which the alignment of Punpun barrage has been finalized, cannot be upset at the instance of the petitioner, merely because it may affect a few farmers. The matter relating to the alignment of afflux bund and guide bund of Punpun barrage be better left to the technical expertise and need not be made amenable to judicial review. 5. We find no justification in entertaining this writ petition. It is dismissed in limine. R.M. Lodha, CJ Kishore K. Mandal, J. Sunil