PATNA HIGH COURT: DECISION ON CONSTRUCTION OF GOVT BUILDINGS LIKE PANCHAYAT SARKAR BHAWAN IS STATE POLICY, CANNOT BE SUBJECT MATTER OF PIL

The Patna High Court in the case Mahendra Singh vs The State of Bihar and Others observed and has dismissed the Public Interest Litigation, PIL wherein seeking to issue the direction for constructing the Panchayat Sarkar Bhawan of Gram Panchayat Raj in Amaithi, at Sasaram in the village of Masona.

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The petitioner, named Mahendra Sing, who being the resident of Masona, argued before the court that construction should be prioritized in his village due to its higher population as compared to Susadi village.

The court in the case observed that the decision taken with regards to the construction of government buildings, such as the Panchayat Sarkar Bhawan, are within the purview of the concerned state authorities and the same cannot be the subject of a Public Interest Litigation, PIL.