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Surendra Shukal @ Surendra Shukla v. The State Of Bihar

2026-06-15Mr. Justice A. Abhishek Reddy2 pages

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.7595 of 2025 ====================================================== Surendra Shukal @ Surendra Shukla Son of Late Pahavari Shukal Resident of Village- Kanthi Bathua, P.S.- Phulwaria at Present Sripur, District- Gopalganj (Bihar).

... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

1.

The State of Bihar through Principal Secretary, Finance Deptt. Govt. of Bihar, Patna.

2.

District Magistrate -cum- Collector, Gopalganj. 3.

District Magistrate Officer, Gopalganj, District- Gopalganj. 4.

Branch Manager, State Bank of India, Phulwaria, District- Gopalganj. ... ... Respondent/s ====================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr.Arun Kumar, Adv.

For the Respondent/s :

Mr. Pankaj Kr. Singh, Ex. G.A. (9) For the SBI Mr. Rakesh Kr. Singh, Adv.

====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE A. ABHISHEK REDDY ORAL ORDER 15-06-2026 Without going into the merits or demerits of the case, the present writ petition is disposed of at the stage of admission with the consent of both the counsels.

2. Having regard to the fact that the petitioner is only challenging the show cause notice dated 23.02.2025 (Annexure2) and the petitioner is having statutory remedy of filing his objections under Section 9 of the Public Demand Recovery Act, this Court is not inclined to entertain the present writ petition. The present writ petition is disposed of granting liberty to the petitioner to file his objections under Section 9 of the Public Demand Recovery Act against the notice dated 23.02.2025

Patna High Court CWJC No.7595 of 2025(3) dt.15-06-2026 2/2 within a period of four weeks from today. On such objections being filed, the Respondent No. 3, i.e, the District Certificate Officer, Gopalgan is directed to consider the same and pass final orders under Section 10 of the Public Demand Recovery Act within a period of four weeks thereof.

3. It is needless to mention that before passing any orders, the authority shall consider the objections filed by the petitioner and grant him an opportunity of hearing. Any orders passed shall be communicated to the petitioner.

4. With the above directions, the present writ petition stands disposed of.

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