IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.13669 of 2009 1. SUNIL PD. S/O SRI DEWKI PRASAD THROUGH SECRETARY PARHIT SEVA, MOH- SORBAHADA, P.S- KHIJARSARAI, DISTT- GAYA ...Petitioners Versus 1. THE STATE OF BIHAR THROUGH CHIEF SECRETARY OF GOVERNMENT OF BIHAR, PATNA 2. THE PRINCIPAL SECRETARY HOME DEPRTMENT GOVERNMENT OF BIHAR, PATNA 3. THE PRINCIPAL SECRETARY SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT, GOVERNMENT OF BIHAR, PATNA 4. THE PRINCIPAL SECRETARY EXCISE DEPARTMENT GOVERNMENT OF BIHAR, PATNA 5. THE PRINCIPAL SECRETARY HEALTH DEPARTMENT GOVERNMENT OF BIHAR, PATNA 6. THE DIRECTOR GENERAL OF POLICE GOVERNMENT OF BIHAR, PATNA 7. THE UNION OF INDIA THROUGH SECRETARY, MINISTRY OF EXCISE, GOVT. OF INDIA, NEW DELHI 8. THE SECRETARY, MINISTRY OF SOCIAL WELFARE, GOVT. OF INDIA, NEW DELHI 9. THE SECRETARY, MINISTRY OF HEALTH, GOVT. OF INDIA, NEW DELHI ....... Respondents ----------- For the petitioner: Mr. Deepak Sahay Jamuar, Advocate For the Central Excise: Mrs. Nivedita Nirvikar, Advocate ----------- 8 09-12-2010 Heard the parties. Recently, this court had come across a similar public interest litigation raising a grievance that in public interest all the tobacco products including cigarette, Bidi, Gutkha, Khaini etc. should come with mandatory pictorial warnings in view of provisions under Cigarettes and other Tobacco Products Act, 2003. In those cases this court agreed to the submission that public interest requires early implementation of the provisions of the aforesaid Act. 2 In similar terms, this writ petition is disposed of with liberty to the petitioner to file a fresh representation along with a copy of this order before the concerned authorities of the Central Excise Department and the State of Bihar for expeditious and early implementation of the pictorial warnings in terms of the Act. BKS/- (Shiva Kirti Singh, J.) (Dr. Ravi Ranjan, J.)