IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.18311 of 2008 1. RAJIB KUMAR SINGH,Secretary Foot Ball Team son of Ram Bhawan Singh 2. Sumit Kumar Singh son of Jawahir Singh 3. Shyamdeo Kumar Singh son of Satya Narain Pd. Singh All are resident of village Khagaria, P.S. Parbatta District Bhagalpur…----------- Petitioners Versus 1. THE STATE OF BIHAR 2. The District Magistrate, Bhagalpur 3. The Director General; of Police Bihar, Old Secretariat Patna 4. The Inspector General of Police, BhagalpurRange, Bhagalpur 5. The Superintendent of Police, Naugachia, Bhagalpur -----Respondents For the petitioners:- Mr. Binodanand Mishra,Advocate For the State:- Mr.R.C.P.Bharti, Standing Counsel No.XIV 2 19.12.2008 With the consent of the party, we have taken this application for admission. In this writ application the prayer of the petitioners is for issuance of a writ in the nature of mandamus commanding the respondents not to construct Police Station over a particular piece of land. Mr. Binodanand Mishra, appears on behalf of the petitioners. State is represented by Mr.R.C.P.Bharti, Standing Counsel No.XIV. It is not the case of the petitioners 2 that the land over which Police Station is to be constructed belong to them. In our opinion, primarily it is for the Government to decide the location of a Police Station. This Court in exercise of its power of judicial review shall not interfere with the same, unless it is shown that the said decision is absolutely arbitrary. The case in hand does not fall within the aforesaid category. Writ application stands dismissed in limine. (Chandramauli Kr. Prasad,ACJ.) (Dr.Ravi Ranjan,J.) A.Kumar