Patna High CourtCWJC/14497/2014disposed

Amod Kumar Singh v. The State Of Bihar And ORS

2015-05-20Mr. Justice Jyoti Saran2 pages

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.14497 of 2014 ====================================================== Amod Kumar Singh S/o Late Ram Sanjeevan Singh, resident of Village Rampur Kumhar Kol, P.S. Deshri, District Vaishali. .... .... Petitioner/s

Versus

1. The State of Bihar through the Secretary, Food and Civil Supply Department, Old Secretariat, Patna.

2. The Secretary, Food and Civil Supply Department, Old Secretariat, Patna.

3. The District Magistrate, Vaishali.

4. The Sub Divisional Officer, Mahnar, District Vaishali.

5. The Block Supply Officer, Sahdei Bujurg, District Vaishali.

6. The Block Development Officer, Sahdei Bujurg, District Vaishali. .... .... Respondent/s ====================================================== Appearance:

For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Ravindra Kumar Singh, Advocate For the Respondent/s : Mr. Manish Kumar, GP-8 ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE JYOTI SARAN ORAL ORDER 20-05-2015 Heard the parties.

The license of the petitioner bearing License No. 50 of 2007 has been cancelled vide Memo No. 1223 dated 24.6.2014 by the licensing authority-cum-Sub Divisional Officer, Mahnar in the district of Vaishali granted under the Public Distribution System (Control) Order, 2001 (hereinafter to be referred as 'the Control Order').

Clause 15 of 'the Control Order' provides for remedy of appeal to a person aggrieved by order of cancellation and the petitioner without exhausting the said remedy available to him has moved in the present writ petition.

Patna High Court CWJC No.14497 of 2014 (2) dt.20-05-2015 In the circumstances, the writ petition is disposed of with a liberty to the petitioner to exhaust the remedy of appeal so available to him under Clause 15 of 'the Control Order' and any such appeal if filed by the petitioner within 30 days from today being accompanied with a petition for condonation of delay would be considered and disposed of on merits in accordance with law and after giving opportunity of hearing to the petitioner. (Jyoti Saran, J) S.Sb/- U