Smt. Pushpa Devi v. The State Of Bihar And ORS

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.7952 of 2014 =========================================================== Smt. Pushpa Devi Wife of Madan Kumar Singh Resident of Village- Bhatonja, P.O. Urlaha, P.S. Palasi, District- Araria .... .... Petitioner

Versus

1. The State of Bihar

2. The Sub Divisional Officer, Araria .... .... Respondents =========================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioner : None For the Respondents : Mr. Durgesh Nandan, AAG 14 =========================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE VIKASH JAIN ORAL JUDGMENT Date: 19-07-2018 The present writ petition has been filed for setting aside the order contained in Memo No. 140 dated 04.10.2007 (Annexure-3) by which PDS licence of the petitioner said to have been cancelled and monthly allotment has been stopped.

2. None appears on behalf of the petitioner despite repeated calls.

3. A perusal of the impugned order dated 04.10.2007 shows that the same is merely in the nature of show cause notice and not the order of cancellation. The petitioner appears to have filed a show cause on 10.10.2007 but thereafter nothing has been brought on record to show that the licence of the petitioner has in fact been cancelled, much less a copy of the cancellation order being enclosed with the writ petition. Moreover, the petitioner has approached this Court after

Patna High Court CWJC No.7952 of 2014 dt.19-07-2018 2/2 inordinate delay of about seven years and without satisfactory explanation in this regard.

4. The writ petition is accordingly devoid of merit and is thus dismissed.

(Vikash Jain, J) B.T/chandran AFR/NAFR NAFR CAV DATE N.A.

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