Sri Ramanuj Singh v. The State of Bihar
Case brief
What is this about?
Patna High Court, CWJC No.10150 of 2017, decided 07-04-2025 by G. Anupama Chakravarthy, J (oral judgment, NAFR). Challenge to cancellation of PDS licence No. 15/2007 by SDO, Ara Sadar vide Memo No. 2005 (APP) Ara dt. 27.02.2017. Court noted the statutory appeal remedy to the District Magistrate under S.32(iii), Bihar Targeted Public Distribution System (Control) Order, 2016, and disposed of the writ petition directing the petitioner to pursue that remedy; delay condoned (reliance on S.5, Limitation Act) with appeal to be decided within two months. No merits decided; no precedent cited; no quantum involved.
What did the court decide?
Writ petition disposed of with a direction to the petitioner to file the appeal before the District Magistrate; the delay in filing the appeal to be condoned by the District Magistrate; the appeal to be disposed of within two months from the date of filing; interlocutory application(s), if any, stood disposed of.