IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.4444 of 2009 SMT.SHANTI DEVI Versus THE STATE OF BIHAR & ORS ----------- For the petitioner: Mr. Anil Kumar Roy, Advocate For the State: Mr. Ramchandra Pd. Bharti, SC XIV Mr. Ajay Kumar, AC to SC XIV --- 2 9/4/2009 This petition by way of public interest litigation has been filed by a Ward Member of Rampur Panchayat, Motipur, District -Muzaffarpur for a direction to respondents to remove trees from the road of Rampur Bhariary Panchayat. It is stated on behalf of the petitioner that though the Forest Department has granted permission to cut the trees from Rampur Bhariary road but the same are not being removed. It is also stated that a petition as contained in Annexure - 1 was filed before the District Magistrate on 15.5.2008 but the same has not yet been disposed of. In the aforesaid circumstances, we direct the petitioner to approach the District Magistrate, Muzaffarpur by producing a copy of this order along with a copy of the representation dated 15.5.2008, who having received the same will consider and dispose of the representation in - 2 - accordance with law as expeditiously as possible in any event within two months from the date of receipt of a copy of this order along with a copy of the representation. Writ petition stands disposed of. Neyaz/- ( J.B. Koshy, CJ.) (Dr. Ravi Ranjan, J.)