Sri Narayan Tiwari v. The State Of Bihar and Ors.
Case brief
What is this about?
PDS licence cancellation; writ petition dismissed as withdrawn; liberty to appeal before Appellate Authority; liberal construction of limitation period despite delay; disposal of appeal within six months of filing; appeal to be filed within one month with copy of order; Patna High Court; CWJC No.11844 of 2018; decided 17-02-2025; G. Anupama Chakravarthy, J; Sri Narayan Tiwari v. State of Bihar; District Magistrate Bhojpur Ara; Sub Divisional Officer Sadar Ara.
What did the court decide?
Writ petition dismissed as withdrawn with liberty to appeal before the Appellate Authority against the cancellation of the PDS licence; appellate authority to construe the limitation period liberally, consider all the petitioner's contentions and dispose of the appeal within six months of filing; petitioner to file the appeal within one month along with a copy of this order.