Madhubala Kumari v. The State Of Bihar And ORS

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.1657 of 2019 ====================================================== Madhubala Kumari Wife of Vijay Kumar, Resident of Village- Guddupur Panchayat- Kritpur, P.S. Harsidhi, District- East Champaran. ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

1.

The State Of Bihar through Principal Secretary, Department of Food and Civil Supply, Govt. of Bihar.

2.

The Commissioner, Tirhut Division, Muzaffarpur. 3.

The District- Magistrate, East Champaran at Motihari. 4.

The District Supply Officer, East Champaran at Motihari. 5.

The Sub Divisional Officer, Areraj, District- East Champaran. 6.

The Block Developoment Officer, Harsidhi, District- East Champaran. 7.

The Marketing Officer, Harsidhi, District- East Champaran. 8.

Reema Kumari, Village- Jagdishpur, P.O.- Kritpur Mathia, P.S.- Harsidhi, District- East Champaran.

... ... Respondent/s ====================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Md. Anis Akhtar For the Respondent/s :

Mr. Arvind Ujjwal (Sc4) ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE A. ABHISHEK REDDY ORAL ORDER 30-01-2024 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.

3. On such representation being made, the Divisional

Patna High Court CWJC No.1657 of 2019(10) dt.30-01-2024 2/2 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 give an opportunity of hearing to the parties. Any order passed, shall be communicated to the parties.

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