Raushan Kumar v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.6988 of 2019 ====================================================== Raushan Kumar Son of Sona Lal Sah Resident of Village-Basantpur, P.S.- Kundwachainpur, Block-Ghorasahan, District-East Champaran. ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

1.

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

The Collector-cum-Chairman, District Level Selection Committee, East Champaran.

3.

The Collector-cum-District-Magistrate, East Champaran at Motihari. 4.

The Sub-Divisional Officer, Sikarahana, Dhaka, District-East Champaran. 5.

Rohit Kumar Son of Nagendra Sah Resident of Village-Araria, PostSamanpur, P.S.-Kundwachainpur, District-East Champaran. ... ... Respondent/s ====================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Dhananjaya Nath Tiwari, Adv.

For the Respondent/s :

Mr. Arvind Ujjwal (Sc4) ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE A. ABHISHEK REDDY ORAL ORDER 06-02-2024 Without going into the merits or demerits of the case, having regard to the amendment issued by notification dated 21.07.2022 to the Bihar Authority and Public Distribution System Control, IInd Amendment Order - 2022.

2. The present writ petition is disposed off with a direction to the petitioner to approach the Divisional Commissioner ventilating his grievance against a selection of the respondent no. 5 as a PDS dealer.

3. On such representation being made, the Divisional Commissioner shall consider the same on its own merit duly putting all the parties on notice and then passing a reasoned

Patna High Court CWJC No.6988 of 2019(2) dt.06-02-2024 2/2 order.

4. The entire exercise shall be completed within a period of four weeks from the date of the receipt of the copy of the complaint by the Divisional Commissioner.

5. It is needless to mention that before passing any order, the Divisional Commissioner shall give an opportunity of hearing to the parties. Any order passed, shall be communicated to the parties.

(A. Abhishek Reddy , J) Gauravkr/- U