Madhu Rani Sinha and Anr. v. The State Of Bihar and Ors.
Case brief
What is this about?
PDS dealer appointment Nawada; public notice 21.12.2017 Sub-Divisional Officer Nawada; Bihar Targeted PDS (Control) Order 2016 Clause-6 Reservation 50% General Category; 133 vacancies 65 general category; District Level Selection Committee; District Magistrate member of Selection Committee cannot review own matter; alternative remedy complaint before Divisional Commissioner Gaya; limitation liberal construction writ filed 2018; hearing mandatory before Divisional Commissioner; third-party rights created pursuant to advertisement not impleaded; pending representation District Magistrate/Sub-Divisional Officer; writ petition disposed; interlocutory applications disposed; Patna High Court CWJC No.16918 of 2018; G. Anupama Chakravarthy J.; NAFR; uploaded 10.09.2025.
What did the court decide?
Writ petition disposed of with the aforesaid observations: liberty to the petitioners to file a complaint against the PDS selection before the Divisional Commissioner, Gaya within one month of receipt of the order, limitation to be liberally construed as the writ was filed in 2018; petitioners to file the entire relevant material with the complaint; Divisional Commissioner to pass no order without hearing the parties and to pass an appropriate order in accordance with law within three months of filing of the complaint; interlocutory application(s), if any, stand disposed of. The Clause-6 quota grievance itself was left to be examined by the Divisional Commissioner.