Petitioner's writ petition for quashing notifications excluding villages from a Gram Panchayat was dismissed as infructuous upon counsel failing to plead in support of the application.
Petition dismissed being infructuous.
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Patna High Court CWJC No.10568 of 1996 dt.09-02-2015
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.10568 of 1996
=========================================================== Sri Yugal Kishore Prasad, Mukhiya, Gram Panchayat Raj Maghra P.O. Maghra, P.S. Deepnagar District Nalanda.
.... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State of Bihar & Ors .... .... Respondent/s =========================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr. For the Respondent/s Mr.
=========================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SHIVAJI PANDEY ORAL JUDGMENT Date: 09-02-2015
Shivaji Pandey,J In the present case, prayer has been made for quashing the Notification contained in Memo No. 2378 dated 21st October 1994(Annexure-10) issued by the Deputy Secretary to the Government, Urban Development, Respondent no.3 and the Notification No. 2731 dated 21st June 1988 published in the Bihar Gazette Extra Ordinary (Annexure-1) and the District Gazette of Nalanda dated 15th July 1995 published by the respondent no.5 (Annexure-13) by which the respondents have excluded villages Devsarai and Chakhazian (Ramchandrapur) forming part of the newly constituted Biabani Gram Panchayat by notification no. 8220 dated 13th December 1991 issued by the Rural Development Department after bifurcating Maghra Gram Panchayat and to include in the Municipal area.
It appears from the record that certain villages have been excluded from Maghra Gram Panchayat were included in the Municipal area in exercise of power conferred under the Bihar and Orissa Municipal Act.
Counsel for the petitioner submits that he has no instruction to press this application and the Court is of the view that under the Bihar and Orissa
Patna High Court CWJC No.10568 of 1996 dt.09-02-2015
Municipal Act, the respondents have power to exclude certain villages and include them in the Municipality.
If area of the Municipality is extended people get better facility and benefit provided under the Municipal Act.
In such view of the matter there is no error in the action of the respondents in including certain portion of the G ram Panchayat and became part of the Municipality.
Accordingly, this petition is dismissed being infructuous.
Jay/U
(Shivaji Pandey, J)
1 provisions across 1 enactments
Sri Yugal Kishore Prasad
The State of Bihar
Shivaji Pandey
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