Bindeshwar Ram v. The State Of Bihar And ORS

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.1442 of 2016 =========================================================== Bindeshwar Ram S/o Sri Balchand Ram Resident of Village+P.O- Raghunathpur, P.S- Tazpur, District Samastipur.

.... .... Petitioner

Versus

1. The State of Bihar through the Principal Secretary, Department of Food and Consumers Protection, Government of Bihar, Patna

2. The Divisional Commissioner Darbhanga.

3. The District Magistrate-cum-Collector, Samastipur Secretary , Building Construction Department , Bihar.

4. The Sub-Divisional Officer, Sadar, Samastipur.

5. The Block Supply Officer, Morwan (Samastipur) .... .... Respondents =========================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioner : Mr. Arvind Kumar Sinha, Advocate For the State : Mr. S. RAZA AHMAD, AAG 5 and Md. Anisul Haque, AC to AAG 5 =========================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE DR. JUSTICE RAVI RANJAN ORAL JUDGMENT Date: 08-12-2016 Heard parties.

Petitioner seeks quashing of the order dated 19.7.1999 (Annexure 4) by which his licence granted for retailership and agreement executed for running a PDS shop both have been cancelled. By way of punitive action petitioner filed Misc. Appeal No. 508/99 before the Collector, Samastipur, but that was also dismissed vide Annexure 6 dated 7.11.2000 / 30.1.2001. Against the aforesaid orders passed in the year 1999 and 2000-2001 the petitioner has filed this writ petition after a delay of about 15 years. There is no statement at all explaining such a long

Patna High Court CWJC No.1442 of 2016 dt.08-12-2016 2/2 period of delay. Thus, since this writ application suffers from deliberate laches and delay and the petitioner is now trying to pursue a stale matter, in my view that cannot be permitted. Accordingly, this writ application is dismissed. (Dr. Ravi Ranjan, J) Spd/- AFR/NAFR NAFR CAV DATE NA Uploading Date 06.03.2017 Transmission Date NA