IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.11299 of 2006 Sringeshwar Prasad, son of late Ram Bishun Prasad, resident of Low Income Group Flat No. 12/399, Hanuman Nagar, Kankarbagh, Patna-20, P.S & P.O. Kankarbagh, District – Patna (Bihar)…. ……Petitioner Versus 1. The Bihar State Housing Board through its Secretary, 7, Mangles Road, Patna- 800015, 2. The Chairman, the Bihar State Housing Board, 7, Mangles Road, Patna -800015, 3. The Managing Director, the Bihar State Housing Board, 7, Mangles Road, Patna - 800015, 4. The Law Officer-cum-Secretary, the Bihar State Housing Board, 7, Mangles Road, Patna -800015, 5. The Estate Officer, the Bihar State Housing Board, 7, Mangles Road, Patna -800015, 6. The Executive Engineer of Patna Division -1 of the Bihar State Housing Board, Hanuman Nagar, Kankarbagh, Patna – 20…. …..Respondents ………. For the Petitioner : Mr. R. N. Verma, Advocate For the B.S.H.B. : Mr. Rakesh Kumar Singh, Advocate ………………… 9 22.09.2011 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and the respondents. Petitioner is aggrieved by a letter no. 1347 dated 25.4.2006, as contained in Annexure- 21, of the Executive Engineer, Patna, Bihar State Housing Board, Patna asking the petitioner to pay the dues mentioned therein and also for a direction to the respondents to execute a deed of conveyance 2 with respect to the Lower Income Group Flat No. 12/399. A counter affidavit has been filed on behalf of the respondents taking a stand that the Board had got the valuation of plot of the petitioner calculated and it was found that Rs.46,824/- was outstanding as dues as against the said plot and, accordingly, a demand was made. However, a stand has been taken in the rejoinder filed on behalf of the petitioner that he has received information under the Right to Information Act, 2005 that deeds of conveyance has been executed with regard to 26 other similarly situated persons between the year 2007 to 2009 after realisation of total cost ranging between Rs.33,000/- to Rs.35,000/- whereas the petitioner has already paid Rs.34,507.35/- as per letter no. 391 dated 8.3.2003 of the Executive Engineer, Patna. Learned counsel for the respondents submits that in the facts and circumstances of the case, the petitioner may be directed to approach the Price Committee constituted for redressal of such 3 grievance. As a result, the petitioner is directed to appear before Managing Director, Bihar State Housing Board, Patna along with a certified copy of this order within four weeks. The matter should be immediately referred to the Price Committee which shall consider the matter in accordance with law after giving opportunity of hearing to the petitioner within three months thereafter and, while doing so, it will also consider the issue raised by the petitioner that in 26 other identical cases, the deeds of conveyance have already been executed during the year 2007 to 2009 upon payment of total cost of Rs. 33,000/- to Rs. 35,000/-. In case petitioner’s case is found identical to those then similar relief should also be granted to the petitioner. Accordingly, this application stands disposed of in terms as indicated above. Sanjay-II (Dr. Ravi Ranjan, J.)