Pinki Kumari v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.12557 of 2023 ====================================================== Pinki Kumari W/o Nanha Nitesh, Resident of Village and P.O. - Mandai Dih, Block and P.S. - Patepur, District - Vaishali, Bihar. ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

1.

The State of Bihar through the Secretary, Food and Consumer Protection Department, Government of Bihar, Old Secretariat, Patna. 2.

The Secretary, Food and Consumer Protection Department, Government of Bihar, Old Secretariat, Patna.

3.

The Divisional Commissioner, Tirhut Division, Muzaffarpur. 4.

The District Magistrate-cum-Collector, Vaishali. 5.

The District Selection Committee, Vaishali under the Chairmanship of District Magistrate, Vaishali.

6.

The Sub-Divisional Officer-cum-Licensing Authority, Mahua, Vaishali. 7.

The Block Supply Officer, Patepur, Vaishali.

8.

Kushi Kumari, W/o Ramesh Das, R/o - Village - Salempur Salkhanni, P.O.- Mandai Dih, P.S. - Patepur, District- Vaishali, Bihar. ... ... Respondent/s ====================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Dharmendra Kumar Paswan For the Respondent/s :

Mr. Arvind Ujjwal (Sc4) ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE A. ABHISHEK REDDY ORAL ORDER 18-10-2023 Without going into the merits or demerits of the case, having regard to the amendment issued by notification dated 21.07.2022 to the Bihar Authority and Public Distribution System Control, IInd Amendment Order - 2022.

2. The present writ petition is disposed off with a direction to the petitioner to approach the Divisional Commissioner ventilating his grievance against a selection of the respondent no. 8 as a PDS dealer.

Patna High Court CWJC No.12557 of 2023(2) dt.18-10-2023 2/2

3. On such representation being made, the Divisional Commissioner shall consider the same on its own merit duly putting all the parties on notice and then passing a reasoned order.

4. The entire exercise shall be completed within a period of four weeks from the date of the receipt of the copy of the complaint by the Divisional Commissioner.

5. It is needless to mention that before passing any order, the Divisional Commissioner shall be given an opportunity of hearing to the parties. Any order passed, shall be communicated to the parties.

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