Raghunath Das v. The State of Bihar
Case brief
What is this about?
Raghunath Das v. State of Bihar; CWJC No.5762 of 2024; Patna High Court; Justice A. Abhishek Reddy; decided 06-08-2024; alternative and efficacious remedy; statutory appeal; Clause 32(3); Bihar Targeted Public Distribution System (Control) Order, 2016; Respondent No. 2 District Magistrate-cum-District Collector Bhagalpur; writ petition disposed of; opportunity of hearing; reasoned order; eight weeks.
What did the court decide?
Writ petition disposed of with direction to the petitioner to file a statutory appeal before Respondent No. 2 (District Magistrate-cum-District Collector, Bhagalpur) within two weeks; Respondent No. 2 to consider the appeal on merits and pass reasoned orders in accordance with law after giving an opportunity of hearing, completing the exercise preferably within eight weeks of filing and communicating any order passed to the parties.