IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.5602 of 2011 1. The Banuchhapar Gram Vikas Samiti Banuchhapar, P.S. Bettiah (M) District- West Champaran through its Secretary Chandan Kumar, resident of Village- Banuchhapar, P.S. Bettiah (M), District-West Champaran. 2. Chandan Kumar, son of Lalan Das, resident of Village- Banuchhapar, P.S. Bettiah (M) District- West Champaran ------ Petitioners. Versus 1. The State of Bihar 2. The State Election Commission, Bihar, Patna. 3. The District Magistrate, Bettiah, West Champaran. 4. The Returning Officer, Bettiah, West Champaran ------ Respondents. ------- 2. 29.3.2011 Heard Mr. Satyapal Singh for the petitioner, Mr. Ram Kishore Singh, learned Assistant Counsel to Additional Advocate General No.7, and Mr. R. S. Pradhan for the State Election Commission. This writ petition has been preferred by the residents of Banuchhapar GramVikash Samiti, and raises a grievance with respect to the electoral roll of the Panchayat in question which has allegedly been erroneously prepared. The writ petition further states that names of a number of persons have been entered in the electoral roll who are not really residents of the Panchayat. 2. It appears to us on a perusal of Chapter 4 of the Bihar Panchayat Election Rules 2006, which is headed “Electoral Roll”, that the District Election Officer is the statutory 2 authority to prepare the electoral for the Panchayat within his jurisdiction. There is no material on record that the petitioners moved the concerned District Election Officer for correction of the electoral roll, and have instead approached this Court directly. In such a situation, we record our feeling of displeasure against such irresponsible conduct by preferring the present writ petition which is a gross abuse of the process of the court. 3. The writ petition is dismissed. Vinay/ ( S. K. Katriar,J. ) ( S. P. Singh, J.)