The High Court disposed of a writ petition seeking quashment of a memo granting PDS shop licenses. The court noted a concurrent committee was investigating the matter and granted liberty to the petitioner to approach the Commissioner. Quality: thin
Writ application disposed with liberty to approach Commissioner, Magadh Division, Gaya with supporting materials.
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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.8130 of 2019
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Dinesh Kumar, aged about 42 years, Male, Son of Janeshwar Sharma, R/O Village- Musepurkhaira, P.S.- Daudnagar, District - Aurangabad.
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Versus
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Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s : Mr.Ravindra Kumar For the Respondent/s : Mr.S. Raza Ahmad (Aag5)
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CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE RAJEEV RANJAN PRASAD ORAL ORDER
certiorari to quash and cancel the Memo No. 173 dated 26.02.2019 issued by the District Officer, Aurangabad, as contained in Annexure ‘3’ to the writ application, by which the District Level Selection Committee, Aurangabad is said to have illegally granted license of Public Distribution System Shop to some of the candidates who are said to be ineligible for selection.
Learned counsel for the State submits that today itself
Patna High Court CWJC No.8130 of 2019(2) dt.04-06-2019 2/2
this court has considered CWJC No. 7646/2019 (Simpi Kumar Vs. State of Bihar) in which it has been brought to the notice of this court that the Commissioner, Magadh Division, Gaya has already constituted a Three Members Committee to look into the matters relating to grant of license of Public Distribution System shop in the Aurangabad and Daudnagar Sub-Division. The said Committee is in seisin of the matter.
In view of the above, this writ application is being disposed of with liberty to the petitioner to make an appropriate application before the Commissioner, Magadh Division, Gaya together with all supporting materials to ventilate his grievance, and in case such an application is submitted with the materials, the Commissioner, Magadh Division, Gaya shall look into the same and will get the complaint examined by the appropriate Committee and a decision thereon shall be taken in accordance with law.
(Rajeev Ranjan Prasad, J)
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1 issue framed by the court
Whether to quash the license granted by the District Level Selection Committee to ineligible candidates. Whether to grant liberty to the petitioner to approach the Commissioner, Magadh Division, Gaya.
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Simpi Kumar Vs. State of BiharReferred¶25
CWJC No. 7646/2019 (Simpi Kumar Vs. State of Bihar)
Dinesh Kumar
State of Bihar through the Principal Secretary, Food and Civil Supplies Department
Commissioner, Magadh Division
District magistrate
Sub Divisional Officer
Block Development Officer
Rajeev Ranjan Prasad
As recorded by the court registry
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