IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.2796 of 2010 1. SUNITA KUMARI W/O LALAN PRASAD R/O VILL +P.S.+P.O. NAUBAT PUR,DISTT-PATNA Versus 1. THE STATE OF BIHAR THROUGH THE PRINCIPAL SECRETARY,DEPARTMENT OF URBAN DEVELOPMENT AND HOUSING DEPARTMENT GOVERNMENT OF BIHAR,OLD SECRETARIAT, PATNA 2. THE PRINCIPAL SECRETARY ,DEPARTMENT OF URBAN DEVELOPMENT AND HOUSING DEPARTMENT GOVERNMENT OF BIHAR,OLD SECRETARIAT, PATNA 3. THE PRINCIPAL SECRETARY,DEPARTMENT OF PANCHAYATI RAJ GOVERNMENT OF BIHAR,PATNA 4. THE JOINT SECRETARY,DEPARTMENT OF URBAN DEVELOPMENT AND HOUSING DEPARTMENT GOVERNMENT OF BIHAR,OLD SECRETARIAT, PATNA 5. THE DIVISIONAL COMMISSIONER PATNA 6. THE DISTRICT MAGISTRATE DISTT-PATNA 7. THE STATE ELECTION COMMISSION THROUGH ITS SECRETARY SONE BHAWAN,BIRCHAND PATEL PATH,PATNA 8. THE SECRETARY,STATE ELECTION COMMISSION SONE BHAWAN,BIRCHAND PATEL PATH,PATNA ----------- 3/ 19/05/2011 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner, the State and the State Election Commission. The petitioner is stated to be the Mukhiya of the Gram Panchayat Raj- Naubatpur. The petitioner is aggrieved by the final notification dated 20.5.2009 creating the Nagar Panchayat, Naubatpur comprising of several Gram Panchayats including Gram Panchayat Raj- Naubatpur. The conversion of a Gram Panchayat into the Nagar Panchayat is regulated by the statutory provisions of Sections-3, 4, 5 and 6 of the Bihar Municipal Act, 2007. The petitioner is unable to persuade the Court that there has been any violation of statutory procedures or that any objection was filed to the draft notification warranting interference. The application is dismissed. KC ( Navin Sinha, J.)