Yash Kant Kumar v. The State of Bihar
Case brief
What is this about?
PDS dealer selection grievance; writ disposed without adjudicating merits; direction to petitioner to approach Divisional Commissioner; representation to be considered on its own merit with all parties on notice; opportunity of hearing to parties; reasoned order within four weeks; order to be communicated to parties; Bihar Authority and Public Distribution System Control, IInd Amendment Order – 2022 (notification dated 21.07.2022); Samastipur / Hasanpur / Rosera; respondents include District Magistrate (Chairman, district level Selection Committee), District Supply Officer, Sub-Divisional Officer Rosera, Block Supply Officer, Block Development Officer, and Leela Kumari (selected PDS dealer); Patna High Court CWJC; oral order; single-judge bench.
What did the court decide?
Petitioner directed to approach the Divisional Commissioner with his grievance against the selection of respondent no. 7 as a PDS dealer; the Divisional Commissioner to consider the representation on its own merit with all parties on notice, give the parties an opportunity of hearing, pass a reasoned order within four weeks of receiving the complaint, and communicate any order passed to the parties.