Shekh Azazuk @ Sk. Azazuk @ Azauk Vs The State of Bihar — Patna HC (2024) — LawSathi Research

Shekh Azazuk @ Sk. Azazuk @ Azauk Vs The State of Bihar — Patna HC (2024) — LawSathi Research

What the court decided

AI extract

Outcome

Direction to Respondent Nos. 16 and 17 (Deputy Development Commissioner, Bettiah, and Block Development Officer, Lauriya Block) to dispose of the petitioner's representation as expeditiously as possible; writ petition disposed of with these observations.

Issue for consideration

Whether the Gram Panchayat Bhawan ought to be constructed at the village headquarter of the Panchayat as contemplated by the departmental circular dated 30-08-2022, given that a plot is stated to be available at the village headquarter while the Panchayat Bhawan is proposed to be constructed in another village, and consequent disposal of the petitioner's pending representation before Respondent Nos. 16 and 17.

Court's answer

Respondent Nos. 16 and 17 (the Deputy Development Commissioner, Bettiah, and the Block Development Officer, Lauriya Block) are directed to dispose of the petitioner's representation as expeditiously as possible; with these observations the writ petition stands disposed of.

Detailed headnote1 paragraphs

Patna High Court, Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No. 16987 of 2024, decided 12-11-2024 by Hon'ble Mr. Justice Nawneet Kumar Pandey (single-member bench). The petitioner, a resident of Village-Danial Parsauna, West Champaran, submitted that under a departmental circular dated 30-08-2022 the Gram Panchayat Bhawan is generally to be constructed at the village headquarter of the Panchayat, yet despite availability of a plot at the village headquarter the Bhawan was proposed to be constructed in another village; his representation raising this point was pending before Respondent No. 16 (Deputy Development Commissioner, Bettiah) and Respondent No. 17 (Block Development Officer, Lauriya Block). Without adjudicating the merits of the siting dispute, the Court directed Respondent Nos. 16 and 17 to dispose of the representation as expeditiously as possible and disposed of the writ petition with these observations. No statute section or precedent is cited in the judgment; no separate dissenting opinion exists.

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.16987 of 2024

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Shekh Azazuk @ Sk. Azazuk @ Azauk S/o Shekh Mahamud, Resident of Village-Danial Parsauna, P.S.-Sathi, Dist.-West Champaran.

... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

1. The State of Bihar through the Chief Secretary, Bihar, Patna.

The Chief Secretary, Bihar, Patna.

The Principal Secretary, Panchayati Raj Department, Govt. of Bihar, Patna.

The Additional Chief Secretary, Panchayati Raj Department, Govt. of Bihar, Patna.

The Secretary General, Administration, Govt. of Bihar, Patna.

The Additional Chief Secetary, Local Ara Engineering Organization, Department of Planning and Development, Govt. of Bihar, Patna.

The Chief Engineer, Local Area Enginering Organization, Department of Planning and Development, Govt. of Bihar, Patna.

The Collector cum District Magistrate, West Champaran at Bettiah.

The District Panchayati Raj Officer, Bettiah, West Champaran.

The Circle Officer, Lauriya Block, Lauriya, District-West Champaran.

The Block Panchayati Raj Officer cum Executive Officer, Lauriya Block, Lauriya, District-West Champaran.

The Executive Engineer, Local Area Engineering Organization, Works Division, Bettiah, West Champaran.

The Assistant Engineer, Local Area Engineering Organization, Works Division, Bettiah, West Champaran.

The Junior Engineer, Local Area Engineering Organization, Works Division, Bettiah, West Champaran.

The Additional Collector, Bettiah, West Champaran.

The Deputy Development Commissioner, Bettiah, West Champaran.

The Block Development Officer, Lauriya Block, Lauriya, Dist-West Champaran.

... ... Respondent/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr.Sanjeev Kumar, Adv. For the State : Mr.Prashant Pratap, G.P. 2 Mr. Ajit Kumar Jha, AC to GP-2 ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE NAWNEET KUMAR PANDEY ORAL ORDER

Patna High Court CWJC No.16987 of 2024(2) dt.12-11-2024 2/2

2 12-11-2024 Heard the learned counsels for the parties.

The learned counsel for the petitioner has submitted

that as per departmental circular dated 30-08-2022, the Gram Panchayat Bhawan is generally to be constructed in the village headquarter of Panchayat, but in spite of availability of plot at village headquarter, the Panchayat Bhawan is proposed to be constructed in another village. The representation of the petitioner, as per submission of the learned counsel, is pending before Respondent Nos. 16 and 17.

Under the said circumstances, respondent Nos. 16 and 17 are directed to dispose of the representation of the petitioner as expeditiously as possible.

With these observations, the writ petition stands disposed of.

(Nawneet Kumar Pandey, J)

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