HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR DIVISION BENCH CORAM: HON-’BLE SHRI RAJEEV GUPTA, CJ. HON’BLE SHRI SUNIL KUMAR SINHA, J. Writ Petition (PIL) N0. 7171 of 2009 PETITIONERS 1 Balram Patel, son of Shobaram Patei, aged about 4O years, residence of vinage Sivnikhurd‘ Tahsil and Distrcit Dhamtari, Chhattisgarh. 2 Rajendra Kumar, son of Pyari!al, aged about 46, residence of village Sivnikhurd, Tahsil and District Dhamtari, Chhattisgarh. VERSUS RESPONDENTS 1. State of Chhattisgarh, Through Secretary, Krishi (Machlipalan) Vibhag, D.K.S. Bhawan, Raipur, Chhattisgarh. 2. Director, Panchayat and Social Welfare, Raipur, Chhattisgarh. 3. Collector (Fisheries), District Dhamtari, Chhattisgarh. 4 Additional Collector, District Dhamtari Chhattisgarh. 5 Gram Panchayat, Shivnikhurd, Through Sarpanch, Gram ‘Panchayat, Shivnikhurd, Tahsil and Distrct Dhamtari, Chhattisgarh. 6 Adarsh Machua Sahkari Samiti, Donar, Through President Adarsh Machua Sahkari Samiti, Donar, yzrg/ Tahsil and District Dhamtari, Chhattisgarh. WRIT PETlTlON UNDER ARTICLE 226/227 OF THE CONSTiTUTlON OF INDIA. , Present : Shri C.J.K. Rao, counsel for the petitioners. Shri Kishore Bhaduri, Additionai Advocate Generai for the State/respondents No.1 to 4. ORDER (9m December, 2009) of the Court was passed by The following order Rajeev Gupta, C.J. Learned counsel for the parties are heard on admission. 2) Petitioners Balram Patel and Rajendra Kumar have tiled this writ petition styled as ‘Public Interest Litigation’ for the following reliefs : “10.1 To The Hon’ble Court may kindly be pleased to direct the respondent authorities to produce the entire records pertaining the present petition. 10.2 To issue an appropriate writ or direction to the respondents authorities to relax the stringent condition of the fisheries policy dated 24.03.03 in regard to village and Gram Panchayat Shivnikhurd, District Dhamtari in respect of grant of lease of tanks. 10.3 To issue a writ in the nature of certiorari quashing the order dated 13.07.09 passed by respondent no.2, Director Panchayat, Raipur. 10.4 To issue a an appropriatewrit or direction directing the respondents authorities to cancel the lease granted in favour of respondent No.6. 10.5 To award the cost and expenses of this petition. 10.6 To, issue any other writ or directions or orders in favour of the Petitioner and against the Respondents upon these facts and in the circumstances of the case in the interest of justice. “ a 3) The petitioners, thus in substance, are seeking quashing of the lease of one of the two ponds in village Shivnikhurd, District Dhamtari, in favour of respondent No.6 — Adarsh Machua Sahkari Samiti, Donar, District Dhamtari for a period of five years. 4) The petitioners earlier had filed another writ petition under Article 227 of the Constitution of indie, seeking quashing of the lease granted in favour of respondent No.6. The said writ petition was dismissed as withdrawn vide order dated 16.09.2009 with liberty to tile Public interest Litigation Petition and it is in this background that the present petition has been filed by the petitioners styled as ‘Public interest Litigation’. 5) A bare perusal of the averments in the writ petition and the facts contained in Annexure P—3, order dated 13.07.2009, passed .by the Director, Panchayat and Social Weifare, in petitioners’ revision petition, makes it apparent that the petitioners have their own vested interest in the matter. 6) ln this View of the matter, we decline to entertain the writ petition as ‘Public interest Litigation’. 7) The writ petition, therefore, is liable to be dismissed and is hereby dismissed summarily. 8) Security amount of Rs.5,000/- deposited on behalf of the W subbu i« i petitioners be refunded immediately. i M Sd/ Sunil Kumar Sinha Judge ~Sd/- . Chief Justice i