IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.9199 of 2010 Lalan Prasad Yadav s/o Yogendra Prasad yadav, r/o village Sabalpur Eastern Panchayat, P.S. Sonpur, Saran (Chapra). Versus 1. The State Of Bihar through the Principal Secretary, Mines and Minerals Department, Vikas Bhawan, Bailey Road, Patna 2. The District Magistrate cum District Mining Officer, Chapra 3. The Director, Department of Mines and Minerals, Patna 4. The Mining Officer, Chapra. ----------- 2 21/5/2010 The present public interest writ petition has been filed for issuance of directions to the respondent Collector to take action against those brick- kiln owners, who, in violation of terms and conditions of the agreement made by the authorities in respect of manufacturing of clay-bricks, are involved in digging 25 ft. to 30ft. in the land just beside the approach road from Sabalpur to Sonepur causing endanger to human as well as cattle lives. In paragraph -8 of the writ petition it has been said thus:- “ That just the approach-road Sonepur Sabalpur there is a Government School and the existence of the school one day will go to vanish as there are deep ditches just beside the approach road due to taking away clay from there.” Regard being had to the aforesaid assertions, we are only inclined to direct that the respondent no.2, the District Magistrate cum- District Mining Officer, Chapra 2 shall see to it that the building of the school as mentioned in para -8 is in no way affected by the brick-kiln owners. With the aforesaid observation, the writ petition stands disposed of. A free copy of the order be handed over to Mr. Rajendra Prasad, learned counsel for the State, to do the needful in the matter. Neyaz/ ( Dipak Misra, CJ.) (Mihir Kumar Jha, J.)