Raj Kumar v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.814 of 2022 ====================================================== Raj Kumar Son of Late Bipat Mahto Resident of Mohalla - Speaker Chowk, Naya Tola, Police Station - Kazi Mohammadpur, District- Muzaffarpur. ... ... Petitioner.

Versus

1.

The State of Bihar Bihar.

2.

The Secretary, Department of Food and Civil Supply, Government of Bihar, Patna.

3.

The Collector, Muzaffarpur.

4.

The Sub Divisional Officer, East Muzaffarpur. 5.

The District Supply Officer, Muzaffarpur.

6.

The Marketing Officer, Town Muzaffarpur.

... ... Respondents.

====================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Mazharul Hassan, Advocate For the Respondent/s :

Mr. Arvind Ujjwal, SC-4 Mr. Upendra Pratap Singh, AC to SC-4 ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ASHUTOSH KUMAR and HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ANJANI KUMAR SHARAN ORAL ORDER (Per: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ASHUTOSH KUMAR) 23-02-2022 Heard Mr. Mazharul Hassan, learned Advocate for the petitioner and Mr. Upendra Pratap Singh for the State.

Against the order of cancellation of licence of the petitioner under the PDS Scheme, he has preferred an appeal before the Appellate Authority, namely, the Collector of the district vide Appeal No.21/2020-21 on

Patna High Court CWJC No.814 of 2022(2) dt.23-02-2022 2/2 18.05.2020, but till date the appeal has not been disposed of.

In that view of the matter, we direct the Appellate Authority to dispose of the appeal by a reasoned order, after affording reasonable opportunity of hearing to the petitioner, within a period of 60 days, to be counted from the date of receipt/production of a copy of this order. Any breach in the timeline provided in this order shall be viewed seriously.

With the aforesaid direction, this writ petition stands disposed of.

(Ashutosh Kumar, J) (Anjani Kumar Sharan, J.) Trivedi/- U