IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.5256 of 2009 Sanjeet Kumar Singh, son of Late Arun Kumar Singh, Resident of Village- Fatahpur, P.O. Sajjour, Police Station- Sajjour, District- Bhagalpur, Bihar. ……..Petitioner. Versus 1. The Union of India through Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture, Krishi Bhawan, New Delhi. 2. The State of Bihar through Commissioner-cum-Secretary, Department of Agriculture, Old Secretariat, Patna. 3. The Food Corporation of India 16-20 through Chairman- cum-Managing Director, Barakhambha Lane, New Delhi. 4. The Secretary, Department of Food and Civil Supplies, Old Secretariat, Patna. 5. The Director of Rice Development, Government of India, Ministry of Agriculture, Patliputa Colony, Patna-800013. 6. The Commissioner for Agricultural Costs and Prices, Ministry of Agriculture, Government of India, New Delhi. 7. The State Kisan Ayog, Bihar, through its Chairman, Pant Bhawan, 1st Floor, Bailey Road, Patna-800001. …….Respondents. For the petitioner :- Mr. Ashok Kumar Dubey, Advocate. For the State :- Mr. Lakmesh Marvind, A.C. to S.C.20 For Union of India :- Mr. P. L. Jaiswal (C.G.C.) ----------- 10. 03. 03. 2011. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner, learned counsel for the State and learned counsel for Union of India. This Public Interest Litigation is to seek implementation of "National Policy for Farmers, 2007" issued by the Department of Agriculture & Cooperation, Ministry of Agriculture, Government of India. From the earlier orders it is evident that this Court has decided not to enter into policy matters and the writ petition was kept 2 pending only to find out as to whether at the level of the State Government the said policy has been considered or not and if it was considered, what decisions were taken including follow up action plan if any. The State was directed to file further affidavit on this aspect of the matter by order dated 12. 10. 2009. A second counter affidavit on behalf of Respondent-State was filed on 03. 12. 2009. Various documents in support of State's stand have been annexed to show that broad agreement to draft plan of action was communicated to Government of India on 06.06.2008 and the State agreed to participate in the inter Ministerial Committee constituted by the Government of India. A road map for agriculture and allied sectors prepared by Government of Bihar has been annexed as Annexure-D. In paragraph 8 of the second counter affidavit, it has been asserted that Comprehensive District Agricultural Plan (CDAP) has been prepared for all the 38 districts in accordance with guidelines of Planning Commission of India. A copy of such plan for the District of East Champaran at Motihari has been annexed as Annexure-E, apparently as an illustration. 3 Having considered the stand of the State and materials indicated above, we are of the view that matter of further implementation of the "National Policy for Farmers" has to be left to the State Government. We expect that Agriculture Department and other concerned authorities shall take care of their duties and responsibility in this respect. With the above observations/directions, the writ petition is disposed of. m.p. ( Shiva Kirti Singh, J.) (Gopal Prasad,J.)