IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.5679 of 2011 Pankaj Kumar Singh son of Shiv Shankar, resident of Prerna Chak Co-operative Colony, P.S. Shastrinagar, Town & District Patna ……Petitioner Versus 1. The State of Bihar through the Principal Secretary-cum- Commissioner, Urban Development Department, Govt. of Bihar, Patna 2. The Chief Municipal Officer, Patna Municipal Corporation, Patna 3. The Chief Engineer, P.W.D. South, Patna, Bihar 4. The Executive Engineer, New Capital Division, Patna 5. Bihar Urban Infrastructure Corporation through its Chairman ……Respondents ----------- For the Petitioner : Mr. Mrigank Mauli, Advocate For the Corporation: Mr. Arun Kumar, Advocate 2 29.3.2011 Heard Mr. Mrigank Mauli for the petitioner and Mr. Arun Kumar for the Patna Municipal Corporation. This writ petition in the nature of a Public Interest Litigation has been preferred by a resident of Patna, praying for the following reliefs: (i) For issuance of writ in the nature of Mandamus directing the respondent PMC to lay out sewerage lines in the area of Sheikhpura Bagicha, which stands next to Indira Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences, as on account of closure of the open drain by IGIMS, that flowed through its campus and drained 2 into the main Nala of A.G. Colony the residents of the area have been left without any sewerage system to drain out their waste water. (ii) For issuance of writ in the nature of Mandamus directing the respondent authorities to prepare the Detailed Project Report (DPR) of the drainage and sewerage of Patna implementation of which is to be financed to the extent of 50% by the UOI under the Jawahar Lal Nehru National Urban Renewable Mission (NNNURM). (iii) For issuance of writ in the nature of Mandamus directing the respondent authorities that till the time a larger picture of drainage and sewerage is created by the City Project Report (CPR) and DPR under the JNNURM, the respondent authorities should provide temporary relief in terms of creating facility for drainage and sewerage line as suggested in Paragraph- 20 of the present writ application and Annexure-2 to the present writ application. (iv) For any other consequential relief or reliefs for which the petitioner is found entitled during the course of hearing of this writ petition. 3 KHAN We have perused the materials on record and considered the submissions of learned counsel for the parties. The petitioner may present a copy of the present writ petition along with a copy of the present order before the Chief Municipal Commissioner, Patna Municipal Corporation, for the needful, who shall take appropriate action in accordance with law and expeditiously. The writ petition is accordingly disposed of. (S.K. Katriar,J) (S.P.Singh,J)