IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.8504 of 2010 MINA DEVI, W/O NAND KUMAR RAI, RESIDENT OF VILLAGE-SADHA DAMBAR, P.O.-MOTIPUR, P.S. MOTIPUR, DISTRICT MUZAFFARPUR. PRESENTLY WORKING AS ELECTED CHAIRMAN OF NAGAR PANCHAYAT, MOTIPUR, DISTRICT-MUZAFFARPUR.-----PETITIONER. Versus 1.THE STATE OF BIHAR THROUGH CHIEF SECRETARY, GOVERNMENT OF BIHAR, OLD SECRETARIATE, PATNA. 2.THE PRINCIPAL SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF URBAN DEVELOPMENT AND HOUSING, GOVERNMENT OF BIHAR, PATNA. 3.THE PRINCIPAL SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF URBAN DEVELOPMENT AND HOUSING, GOVERNMENT OF BIHAR, PATNA. 4.THE PRINCIPAL SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF PANCHAYAT RAJ GOVERNMENT OF BIHAR, PATNA. 5.THE DISTRICT MAGISTRATE, MUZAFFARPUR. 6.THE ZILA PARISHAD, MUZAFFARPUR THROUGH DEPUTY DEVELOPMENT COMMISSIONER CUM CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER. 7.THE DEPUTY DEVELOPMENT COMMISSIONER CUM CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER, ZILA PARISHAD, MUZAFFARPUR. 8.THE DISTRICT ENGINEER, ZILA PARISHAD MUZAFFARPUR. ----------------RESPONDENTS. ----------- 2 14-05-2010 Petitioner is the Chairman of Nagar Panchayat, Motipur. Grievance of the petitioner is that the area which falls within the Nagar Panchayat, the said Nagar Panchayat is not in a position to collect tax due to fact 2 that the Zila Parishad has made a settlement in favour of certain persons. In our considered opinion, this is a cavil between Nagar Panchayat and Zila Parishad. If Nagar Panchayat wants to assail the action taken by Zila Parishad on the basis of any kind of statutory or constitutional right, it can always file a writ petition on its own stand and not come within the guise of Public Interest Litigation. Needless to say, Motipur Nagar Panchayat, if advised in law, can file an independent writ petition for establishment of its legal right. With the aforesaid observation this writ petition is disposed of. (Dipak Misra, C.J.) Abhay Kumar ( Mihir Kumar Jha, J.)