IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.3379 of 2004 VINAY KUMAR, son of Sri Rajendra Prasad Singh, resident of village Oro P.O.- Oro P.S. Hisua Disitrict- Nawada .....Petitioner. Versus 1. THE STATE OF BIHAR 2. Divisional Forest Officer, Gaya, Forest Division at Gaya. 3. Regional Forest Officer, Gurupa, Gurupa Forest Region at Gaya ......Respondents. ----------- 2 28.02.2011 None is present on behalf of the petitioner to press this application. Learned A.C. to Standing Counsel No.1 is present on behalf of respondents 1 to 3 and has filed a counter affidavit on their behalf. 2. The present writ petition has been filed with a prayer for setting aside the order dated 25.10.2002 (Annexure-2), whereby licence issued to the petitioner for running a Saw Mill has been cancelled. 3. Learned counsel for the respondents submits that against the order of cancellation, an appeal is maintainable before the Appellate Authority. Yet the petitioner without exhausting alternative remedy of appeal has directly come to this Court by filing the present writ petition. 4. In the aforesaid facts and circumstances the present writ petition is dismissed with a liberty to the petitioner to file an appeal before the Appellate Authority within a period of one month from today. 5. With the aforesaid observation and direction this writ petition stands disposed of. M.Rahman ( Birendra Prasad Verma, J ) 2