IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.12556 of 2010 ========================================= 1. NIRANJAN KUMAR S/O LATE RAM ANUGRAH PRASAD SINGH R/O VILL.- MEYAR, P.S. RAJGIR, DISTT.- NALANDA. PETITIONER. Versus 1. THE STATE OF BIHAR THROUGH THE CHIEF SECRETARY, GOVT. OF BIHAR, PATNA 2. THE PRINCIPAL SECRETARY HOME (SPECIAL) BIHAR, PATNA 3. THE PRINCIPAL SECRETARY, HUMAN RESOURCES DEPTT. BIHAR, PATNA 4. THE DISTRICT MAGISTRATE, NALANDA 5. THE ADDITIONAL COLLECTOR, NALANDA 6. THE CIRCLE OFFICER, RAJGIR, NALANDA 7. THE UNION OF INDIA THROUGH THE SECRETARY DEFENCE, NEW DELHI. RESPONDENTS ========================================= Appearance : For the petitioner : MR. AMRESH KUMAR MR. BIJAY KUMAR PANDEY For Union of India : MR. KALPANA, C.G.C. For the state : MR. BIMAL KUMAR DAHIA AC TO A./A.G.-I ORAL ORDER (per: HONOURABLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE) 2. 9.8.2010. Heard the learned advocates. The petitioner, a resident of Village Meyar, District Nalanda, has filed this petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India in public interest for a direction to the respondent authorities not to move the Sainik School, Rajgir from its present location to Village Nanad some 2 5-6 kilometers away. It is the claim of the petitioner that the village people are ready to offer private lands for the school at much cheaper rate. The selection of a location for establishment of a school is purely an executive function of the State. It is not for the High Court to interfere in such matters, not even in the name of public interest. The petition is rejected. ahk (R.M.Doshit, C.J.) (Jyoti Saran, J.)