IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.15945 of 2008 1. MOHAN PRASAD SHAH, son of Late Uttim Prasad Shah, resident of village Buchia Sidhwalia, P.O. Sidhwalia, P.S. Sidhwalia, District-Gopalganj 2. Triloki Prasad, son of Latge Nand Gopal Prasad, resident of village Buchia Sidhwalia, P.O. Sidhwalia, P.S. Sidhwalia, District- Gopalganj. 3. Kamaldeo Yadav, son of Sri Adalat Yadav, resident of village Bali Chhapar, P.O. Sidhwalia, P.S. Sidhwalia, District-Gopalganj. 4. Jitendra Kumar Gupta, son of Latge Jagarnath Prasad Gupta, resident of village Buchia Sidhwalia, P.O. Sidhwalia, P.S. Sidhwalia, District-Gopalganj. 5. Binod Manjhi, son of Jugali Manjhi, resident of village Buchia P.O. Sidhwalia, P.S. Sidhwalia, District-Gopalganj. ……………………. Petitioner Versus 1. THE STATE OF BIHAR through the Chief Secretary, Government of Bihar, Old Secretariat, Patna 2. The Principal Secretary, Rural Development Department, Government of Bihar, Patna 3. The Secretary, Rural Development Department, Government of Bihar, Patna 4. The Joint Secretary, Rural Development Department, Government of Bihar, Patna 5. The Divisional Commissioner, Saran Division at Chapra 6. The District Magistrate, Gopalganj 7. The Circle Officer, Sidhwalia Block, Sidhwalia, District-Gopalganj …………… Respondents. ----------- For the petitioners:- Mr. S.B.K.Mangalam, Advocate For the State: Mr. Anil Kumar, GP XI -------------- 2. 24.11.2008 Heard learned counsel for the parties. The petitioners has approached this Court for quashing the order dated 30.7.2008 issued under the signature of the Joint Secretary, Rural Development Department, Government of Bihar, Patna by which the headquarters of Sidhwalia Block has been shifted from Sidhwalia to Madhopur and for further consequential declaration. Earlier also when the decision was taken by the State Government to shift the headquarters of Sidhwalia Block the - 2 - petitioner no. 4 along with another co-villager had approached this Court by filing CWJC No. 11795 of 2006 for restraining the respondents from shifting the headquarters from Sidhwalia. From the order dated 2.11.2006 (Annexure-1) passed by this Court it is evident that this Court had not accepted the plea of the petitioners by directly interfering in the matter but had given the liberty to the petitioners to file representation before the Commissioner, Saran Division within 30 days from the date of the said order raising all the points available to them including the points taken in the said writ petition and the Commissioner, Saran was directed to dispose of the representation within sixty days. Admittedly the petitioners did not file the representation within 30 days before the Commissioner with respect to which the reason is sought to be given by the petitioners in the present writ application that they learnt about the order from their counsel after 30 days. However, even in the said situation, nothing prevented the petitioners from again approaching this Court in the said writ petition itself for modification of the order by extending the date and a lame excuse is given that they did not do so because it appeared that respondents were not looking interested for shifting the headquarters of the Block. On a consideration of the entire facts and circumstances of the case and particularly taking into account the fact that the petitioners and others have been grossly lax in the matter even after obtaining the order and observations of this Court in the earlier - 3 - round of litigation, it is not a fit case where interference is called for at this stage when the authorities have taken consequential steps pursuant to the decision to shift the block headquarters. The writ application is accordingly dismissed. S.Pandey (Ramesh Kumar Datta, J.)