IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.2820 of 2010 ***** Harendra Pratap Singh, Advocate, Son of Sri Brahma Dayal Singh, Resident of Village –Narbirpur, Panchayat-Narbirpur, P.O.-Narhi-Chandi, P.S.-Koelawar, District- (Shahabad) Bhojpur (Arrah) and Practicing as an Advocate, Advocates’ Association, Patna High Court, Patna, Bihar (In person). …. …. Petitioner Versus 1. The State of Bihar, through the Principal Secretary, Personnel and Administrative Reforms Department, Government of Bihar, Patna (Respondent no.3). 2. The Chief Secretary, Government of Bihar, Old Secretariat, Patna. 3. The Principal Secretary, Personnel and Administrative Reforms Department, Government of Bihar, Patna. 4. The Special Secretary, Personnel and Administrative Reforms Department, Government of Bihar, Patna. 5. The Deputy Secretary, Personnel and Administrative Reforms Department, Government of Bihar, Patna. 6. The Principal Secretary, the Chief Minister Secretariat, Government of Bihar, Patna. 7. The Joint Secretary, the Chief Minister Secretariat, Government of Bihar, Patna. 8. The Special Secretary, the Chief Minister Secretariat, Government of Bihar, Patna. 9. The Principal Secretary, the Department of Cabinet Secretariat, Government of Bihar, Patna. 10. The Upper Secretary, the Department of Cabinet Secretariat, Government of Bihar, Patna. 11. The Joint Secretary, the Department of Cabinet Secretariat, Government of Bihar, Patna. 12. The Principal Secretary, the Department of Finance, Government of Bihar, Patna. 13. The Principal Secretary, S.C./S.T. Welfare Department, Government of Bihar, Patna. 14. The Principal Secretary, Department of Home, Government of Bihar, Patna. 15. The Director General of Police, Bihar, Patna. 16. The Commissioner, Patna Division, Patna. 17. The Regional Deputy Director, Education, Patna Division, Patna. 18. The District Magistrate-cum-Collector, Bhojpur (Arrah), Bihar. 19. The District Magistrate-cum-Collector, Rohtas (Sasaram), Bihar. 20. The District Magistrate-cum-Collector, Buxar (Buxar), Bihar. - 2 - 21. The District Magistrate-cum-Collector, Kaimur (Bhabhua), Bihar. …. …. Respondents ----------- 2. 18.2.2010. The present writ petition, if we allow ourselves to say so, is an extremely ambitious public interest litigation inasmuch as a prayer has been made to issue a direction to divide Patna Division into two Divisions and to fix the headquarters. In our considered opinion, such a prayer cannot be dwelled upon and delved into, for the simon pure reason that a mandamus to that extent cannot be issued. Hence, we have no other option but to dismiss the writ petition in limine, which we direct. Pawan/ (Dipak Misra, CJ) (Mihir Kumar Jha, J)