Jitendra Ram v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No. 3503 of 2021 ====================================================== Jitendra Ram, aged about 48 years, Male Son of Ram Lakhan Ram, Resident of Village- Jamhour, P.S.- Aurangabad, District- Aurangabad (Bihar), Proprietor of M/s Maa Gyatri KSSSS Ltd. Jamhour, Aurangabad. ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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The State of Bihar through Director, Agriculture, Bihar, Patna. 2.

The Director, Agriculture, Bihar, Patna.

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The District Agriculture Officer, Aurangabad. 4.

The Block Agriculture Officer, Jamhour, Aurangabad. ... ... Respondent/s ====================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. N. K. Agrawal, Sr. Advocate Mr. M. K. Pandey, Advocate For the Respondent/s :

Mr. Sarvesh Kumar Singh, AAG 13 ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE RAJAN GUPTA and HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE MOHIT KUMAR SHAH ORAL JUDGMENT (Per: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE RAJAN GUPTA) Date : 07-12-2021 The petitioner is aggrieved by the order dated 23.08.2020, passed by the District Agriculture Officer, Aurangabad. Petitioner's grievance is that he was given only 24 hours to reply to the show cause notice. As there was delay in replying to the same, the impugned order was passed without assigning any reason except that the reply to the show cause notice given, was not satisfactory.

We have perused the order. We find that the same is non-speaking in nature. Thus, we deem it fit and proper to set

Patna High Court CWJC No.3503 of 2021 dt.07-12-2021 2/2 aside the matter and remit it back to the concerned authority for taking decision afresh after affording an opportunity of hearing to the parties.

The writ petition stands allowed in the aforesaid terms. (Rajan Gupta, J) (Mohit Kumar Shah, J) P.Kumar/Anand Kr.

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