Pushpa Devi v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.7462 of 2021 ====================================================== Pushpa Devi, Gender-Female, Aged about 60 years, W/o Sri Vinay Kumar Resident of Mohalla- Sangatpur, Foodisaw Gali, Warisaliganj, Nagar Panchayat - Warisaliganj, P.S. and Block- Warisaliganj, District- Nawada, Bihar- 805130.

... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

1.

The State of Bihar through the Secretary, Food and Consumer Protection Department, Govt. of Bihar, Old Secretariat, Patna, Bihar. 2.

The Secretary, Food and Consumer Protection Department, Old Secretariat, Patna, Bihar.

3.

The District Magistrate, Nawada, District Collectariat, Distt- Nawada. 4.

The Sub-Divisional Officer, Nawada Sadar, Distt- Nawada, Bihar. 5.

The District Supply Officer, District- Nawada, Bihar. 6.

The Block Supply Officer, Warisaliganj, District- Nawada, Bihar. ... ... Respondent/s ====================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Kumar Abhimanyu Pratap, Advocate For the Respondent/s :

Mr. S Raza Ahmad, AAG 5 with Mr. Vishwambhar Prasad, AC to AAG 5 and Mr. Alok Ranjan, Advocate ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE RAJAN GUPTA and HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE MOHIT KUMAR SHAH ORAL JUDGMENT (Per: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE RAJAN GUPTA) Date : 23-12-2021 Heard learned counsel for the parties.

The present writ petition has been filed for quashing the order dated 25.07.2020 passed by the Sub-Divisional Officer, Nawada Sadar in Case No. 08/2020 whereby and where under the PDS license of the petitioner bearing license No 21/2007 dated 18.12.2007 has been cancelled.

Patna High Court CWJC No.7462 of 2021 dt.23-12-2021 2/2 At the outset, learned counsel for the petitioner seeks liberty to file appropriate appeal under Rule 32(iii) of the Bihar Targeted PDS (Control) Order, 2016.

Learned counsel for the State has no objection. Having regard to the facts and circumstances of the case, we dispose off the present writ petition with liberty to the petitioner to approach the appellate authority by filing appropriate appeal against the aforesaid order dated 25.07.2020 and in case such an appeal is filed within a period of four weeks from today, the appellate authority shall consider the same on merits and dispose off the same, in accordance with law, by a reasoned and a speaking order, within a period of eight weeks, thereafter. (Rajan Gupta, J) (Mohit Kumar Shah, J) P. Kumar AFR/NAFR CAV DATE Uploading Date Transmission Date