IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.8090 of 2009 DINESH KUMAR DUBEY, SON OF SRI MUKHLAL DUBEY, R/O VILLAGE-CHAKDARIYA, NEAR-GANGA JAL HIGH SCHOOL, P.O. + P.S. SONEPUR, DISTRICT-SARAN (CHAPRA). -PETITIONER Versus 1. THE PATNA HIGH COURT THROUGH ITS REGISTRAR GENERAL, HIGH COURT, PATNA (BIHAR), 2. THE REGISTRAR GENERAL, HIGH COURT, PATNA (BIHAR), 3. THE CHIEF SECRETARY, GOVT. OF BIHAR, PATNA, 4. THE LAW SECRETARY, GOVERNMENT OF BIHAR, PATNA, 5. THE DISTRICT MAGISTRATE, SARAN AT CHAPRA, 6. MR.VIDYANAND, S/O NOT KNOWN, THE THEN SECRETARY OF THE GOVT. OF BIHAR. 7. THE SUB-DIVISIONAL OFFICER, SONEPUR (SARAN). 8. THE CIRCLE OFFICER, SONEPUR (SARAN). -RESPONDENTS ----- For the Petitioner : M/s Rajendra Prasad Singh For Respondents 1 & 2: Mr. Amish Kumar For Respondents 3 & 4: Advocate General with M.K. Singh, GP 12 5 02.09.2009 Heard Mr. Rajendra Prasad Singh, for the petitioner, Mr. Amish Kumar, for respondents no. 1 and 2, and Mr. M.K. Singh, for respondents no.3 and 4. In this Public Interest Litigation petition filed by the litigant in the Subdivision of Sonepur prayer is for issuing a writ of mandamus directing the respondents, which include the State Government as well as Patna High Court, to 2 establish a Civil Court at Sub-divisional Head Quarters at Sonepur in the district of Saran within a reasonable period. The petitioner has highlighted various difficulties faced by the litigants at Sonepur and has further highlighted that the request of establishing court is pending since 1991. Counter affidavit has been filed by the State Government wherein it is indicated that in consultation with the High Court a list has been prepared indicating the number of Courts to be established in future and it has been indicated at Serial no.25 of Annexure-A to the Counter affidavit filed on behalf of respondents 3 and 4 that court will be established at Sonepur. The learned counsel for the petitioner wanted to impress upon us that the requirement of establishing Court at Sonepur is much more as compared to other places. We are afraid that in the writ petition we are not expected to go into these matters. Whether the Court will be established or not is essentially an administrative decision of the High Court as well as the State Government and it is not proper for the writ Court to issue any direction in such matters. It is, no doubt, true that in view of the long pendency of cases every where, efforts should be made by the High 3 Court and the State Government to establish more Courts so that pendency of cases may be reduced. However, one has to keep in view the financial stringency. Therefore, no direction can be issued for establishing the Court. It is hoped and expected that the State Government will make sincere efforts to establish Courts as expeditiously as possible. With the above observations, the writ petition is disposed of. (P.K. Misra, CJ.) (Anjana Prakash, J.) AAhmad