IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.14631 of 2008 Mohini Mohan Sharma, son of Late Ram Krishna Sharma, Ex President, Bihar Youth Congress, Presently residing at S.D.O. Road, Hajipur, Post – Hajipur, District – Vaishali ……….. Petitioner Versus 1. The State Of Bihar 2. The Commissioner cum Secretary, Urban Development Department, Government of Biha, 3. The District Magistrate, Vaishali 4. Nagar Parishad, Hajipur through its Executive Officer 5. The Chairman, Nagar Parishad, Hajipur 6. The Executive Officer, Nagar Parishad, Hajipur. ……………….. Respondents ----------- For the Petitioner: Mr. Ashok Kumar No. I, Advocate ------- P R E S E N T Hon'ble the Chief Justice & Hon'ble Mr. Justice Kishore K. Mandal --------- Dated, the 1st October, 2008. We heard Mr. Ashok Kumar No.I, Advocate for the petitioner. 2. In this writ petition, in the nature of Public Interest Litigation, principal grievance is that the requirement of residential certificate for registration of contractors by respondent nos. 3 to 6 is unconstitutional. 3. Requirement of residential certificate before registering a person as a contractor cannot be said to be without any relevance. Moreover, the petitioner seems to be a political functionary - 2 - and he is espousing the cause of thirteen applicants who applied for being registered as contractors. If those applicants were aggrieved, they could have approached the court directly which, they never did. A grievance like this does not deserve to be entertained in Public Interest Litigation. 4. Writ petition is dismissed in limine. R.M. Lodha, CJ. Kishore K. Mandal, J. Anil/