Rajendra Prasad Ram @ Rajendra Ram v. The State Of Bihar and Ors.
Case brief
What is this about?
PDS licence cancellation and restoration, Kishanganj; Bihar Targeted Public Distribution System (Control) Order, 2016, Section 32(v) and 32(vi); revision before Divisional Commissioner; alternative remedy; District Magistrate as head of Selection Committee cannot review his own appellate orders; condonation of delay in filing revision; Section 5 of the Limitation Act; show cause notice memo no. 805 dated 22.09.2014; cancellation order memo no. 956 dated 15.11.2014 by S.D.O. Kishanganj; PDS Appeal Case No. 04 of 2015 dismissed by Collector on 11.07.2017; licence no. 30TR/2007; Rajendra Prasad Ram @ Rajendra Ram v. State of Bihar (Department of Food and Consumer Protection); CWJC No.20371 of 2018; Patna High Court; oral judgment dated 01-08-2025 by G. Anupama Chakravarthy, J.
What did the court decide?
Writ petition disposed of with a direction to the petitioner to file a revision petition before the Divisional Commissioner within one month; the delay in filing the revision to be condoned by the Divisional Commissioner, who shall dispose of the revision within three months from the date of filing.