IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.8512 of 2005 GOVIND PRASAD SAH Versus THE STATE OF BIHAR & ORS ----------- 3. 5.2.2009 Heard counsel for the petitioner and the counsel for the State. Admittedly the relief prayed in this writ application does not ask for much. All that the petitioner wants that a statutory revision filed by him, being Revision Case No. 17/2003, must be disposed of as the entire source of livelihood of the petitioner is dependent on the result of the said revision application. Counsel for the State, who was earlier directed to take instruction with regard to the status of the revision case, has submitted that on account of ongoing strike of the non-gazetted employees, no definite information could be obtained by him as with regard to the status of the said revision application. He, however, assures this Court that the revision application, if not disposed of, will definitely be disposed of within a period of two months. It is really unfortunate that the matter relating to cancellation of licence 2 of Fair Price Shop under the Public Distribution System has remained pending for a period of six years only at the revisional stage. The woes of the petitioner in fact had commenced ever since September, 2002 and if a period of merely seven years is not good enough only for exhausting the statutory remedies, a question would arise as to whether there is any justification for these statutory remedies. It is expected of every statutory authority empowered to discharge quashi judicial function to dispose of the proceeding, appeal or revision within a fixed time frame. However, in absence of proper instruction counsel for the State would not like to say anything more, inasmuch as it is not known whether the revision has remained pending on account of the laches on the part of the petitioner himself. Obviously when the petitioner had moved this Court for disposal of the revision application, it appears that the petitioner definitely was keen in getting his revision application disposed of one way or the other. That being so, this Court taking 3 into account the facts and circumstances of the case and as also the aforementioned submission of the counsel for the State, would direct the Commissioner of Trihut Division, Muzaffarpur to dispose of the revision application, Revision Case No. 17/2003, within a period of two months from the date of receipt/ production of a copy of this order. The petitioner must appear with the said copy of the order before the Commissioner within a period of 15 days from today, whereafter the Commissioner will fix a date and ensure that the revision is disposed of by a reasoned order within the aforementioned time limit. In view of the fact that the matter is to be first decided by the revisional authority, the petitioner if so aggrieved by the revisional order will definitely have the liberty to move this Court. With the aforementioned observation, this application is disposed of. (Mihir Kumar Jha,J.) Surendra/ 4