Bablu Soren And ORS v. State Of West Bengal And ORS.

ss/jks 11.04.2022 WPA 10294 of 2020 Sri Bablu Soren & Ors.

Vs.

The State of West Bengal & Ors.

Mr. Biswabrata Basu Mallick Mr. Pradip Paul Mr. Gourab Ghosal ... ... for the petitioners Mr. Susovan Sengupta Mr. Subir Pal ... ... for the State The affidavit of service filed by the petitioners is taken on record.

The allegation in this petition is that in Dandara Gram Panchyet under Sabang Development Block within the jurisdiction of Paschim Medinipur the private respondents have been granted the licence for operating the ration shop but the said private respondents are distributing less quantity of ration to the card holders and that though the complaints were made to different authorities but no effective action has been taken. Learned counsel for the petitioner has pointed out that due complaint was made to the respondent no.3, District Controller, Food and Supplies on 18.08.2020. Learned counsel for the State submits that there is no objection in considering the petitioners' complaint. Hence, we dispose of this petition by directing the respondent no.3 to make due enquiry on the complaint of the petitioners and in the course of enquiry, permit the petitioners to submit the relevant material available with them and duly consider the said material. If in the

enquiry the allegation made by the petitioners is found to be correct, then appropriate action as against the private respondents be taken in accordance with law without any delay.

Let this exercise be completed by respondent no.3 as expeditiously as possible, preferably within a period of two months from the date of receipt of a copy of this order.

The petition is accordingly disposed of.

(Prakash Shrivastava, C.J.) (Rajarshi Bharadwaj, J.)