IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.14798 of 2010 SURENDRA PRASAD THAKUR son of late Ram Bilas Thakur, village Madhaul, P.S. Kurhni, District Muzaffarpur, … … Petitioner Versus 1. THE STATE OF BIHAR, 2. The Commissioner, Tirhut Division, Muzaffarpur, 3. The Collector-cum-District Magistrate, Muzaffarpur, 4. The District Land Acquisition Officer, Muzaffarpur, the Competent Officer, 5. The union of India through its Secretary, Ministry of Surface Transport and National Highway, New Delhi, 6. The Secretary, National Highway Authorities of India, New Delhi… … … Respondents For the Petitiioner: None For the State: SC 18 For the NHAI: Mr. N.K. Agrawal, Sr. Advocate Mr. Sunil Kumar, Advocate ----------- 7 04.01.2011 Nobody appears for the petitioner. Learned counsel for the National Highway Authorities of India and learned counsel for the State of Bihar have submitted on the basis of counter affidavits filed on their behalf that there has been no deviation from original plan in respect of location of the National Highway and according to the National Highway Authorities of India, the authorities have taken all required precautions for free flow of the water at required places so that construction of the National Highway does not cause any water-logging problem to the villages near Fardo river. Thus, it appears 2 that the apprehension expressed by the writ petitioner in paragraph 10 of the writ petition is without any substance. Learned counsel for the State of Bihar submits that no fresh proposal has been received for further acquisition of land and hence, the apprehension that the National Highway is being shifted to another land is without any basis. Considering the fact that the public interest litigation has been resulting into slowing the work of the National Highway in progress, this writ petition is dismissed. SC (Shiva Kirti Singh, J.) (Dr. Ravi Ranjan, J.)