District Fair Price Dealers Association v. The State Of Bihar And ORS

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.13898 of 2015 ====================================================== District Fair Price Dealers Association, Begusarai through, its Secretary, Namely, Upendra Prasad Singh Son of Late Ramotar Singh, resident of Village - Vaibar, P.s Mufassil, District Begusarai. .... .... Petitioner

Versus

1. The State of Bihar

2. The Principal Secretary, Food and Consumers Protection Department, Bihar, Patna.

3. The Director, Food and Civil Supplies, Food and Consumers Protection Department, Bihar, Patna.

4. The District Magistrate, Begusarai.

5. The District Supply officer, Begusarai.

.... .... Respondents ====================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Arun Kumar For the Respondent/s : Mr. Sc18- N. Hoda Khan ======================================================

CORAM:

HONOURABLE MR.

JUSTICE SAMARENDRA PRATAP SINGH ORAL ORDER 23-09-2015 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and the State. The petitioner submits that the advertisement inviting applications for grant of license for P.D.S. dealer is in violation of Rules of reservation. He submits that no 15 days time as stipulated in clause 7 of the Advertisement has been provided, as the advertisement was published on 17.08.2015 and the last date for filing application was 28.08.2015. The other infirmities are pointed out in para 10 of the writ application. The petitioner has already preferred representation before the District Magistrate The writ application is disposed of with a direction to

Patna High Court CWJC No.13898 of 2015 (2) dt.23-09-2015 2 / 2 respondent no.4 to dispose of the representation of the petitioner within four weeks from the date of receipt/production of a copy of this order. Any subsequent development would be subject to disposal of the representation.

This application stands disposed of.

(Samarendra Pratap Singh, J.) Uday/- U