IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.1406 of 2011 BARAUNI NAGAR VIKASH SANGH, BARAUNI through its President Vinay Kumar Singh, Son of Sri Ramchandra Singh, resident of village Nepania Madhurapur, Block : Teghra, P.O. & Police Station Barauni, District Begusarai,at present Mukhia of Nepania- Madhurapur, Gram Panchayat, District Begusarai … … .. Petitioner Versus 1. THE STATE OF BIHAR through the Principal Secretary, Urban Development & Housing Development Department, Government of Bihar, Patna, 2. The Secretary-cum-Commissioner, urban Development Department, Government of Bihar, Patna, 3. The District Magistrate, Begusarai, 4. The Additional Collector(Revenue), Begusarai, 5. The Sub-Divisional Officer, Teghra Sub-Division, District Begusarai, 6. The Circle Officer-cum-Block Development Officer, Teghra Circle/Block, District Begusarai, … .. Respondents ----------- 2 21.01.2011 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned counsel for the State. Petitioner has preferred this writ petition as Public Interest Litigation seeking a direction from this Court upon the State Government to consider to constitute a particular area consisting of some villages, such as, Nepania, Phulwaria 1, 2 and 3 and Shokhara 1 and 2 into a Nagar Panchayat, which may be described as Barauni Nagar Panchayat because clubbing of those villages the population 2 would be less than forty thousand and according to petitioner, all the criteria would be met for notifying the area as Nagar Panchayat as defined under Section 3 of the Bihar Municipal Act,2007. Our attention was drawn to the definition of Nagar Panchayat in the aforesaid Act. That indicates in clear terms that the State Government is required to take into consideration several factors and then if it deems fit it may by public notification specify a particular area as Nagar Panchayat. In the facts of the case, we are not persuaded to interfere in this Public Interest Litigation except to give liberty to the petitioner to approach the State Government with all the necessary particulars and if a representation is filed or has already been filed then the same should be disposed of appropriately in accordance with law. This writ petition is, accordingly, disposed of. SC (Shiva Kirti Singh, J.) (Dr. Ravi Ranjan, J.)