IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.18628 of 2009 LALAN KUMAR SON OF SRI JAGDEO SINGH RESIDENT OF VILLAGE RAHIMAPUR P.S. BIDUPUR DISTRICT VAISHALI Versus 1. THE STATE OF BIHAR 2. THE DISTRICT TRANSPORT OFFICER, MUZAFFARPUR. 3. MOTOR VEHICLE INSPECTOR, MUZAFFARPUR. ----------- For the Petitioner :- Mr. Sunil Kumar For the Respondents :- Mr. Siddhartha Prasad, A.C. to AAG IX ------- 2 05/01/2010 Heard Mr. Sunil Kumar, learned counsel for the petitioner and Mr. Siddhartha Prasad, learned counsel for the State. Invoking the extra-ordinary jurisdiction of this Court under Article 226 of the Constitution of India the petitioner has prayed for issue of a writ of mandamus commanding the respondents to disclose the amount of arrear of tax and to fix instalment for payment of the same and to further issue tax token in respect of the vehicle in question. Having heard learned counsel for the parties, we are inclined to command respondent no. 2, the District Transport Officer, Muzaffarpur to give statement - 2 - of accounts as regards the arrear of tax in respect of the vehicle bearing registration no.BR.31-0618 to the petitioner within a period of ten days from the date of production of the order passed today. The authority is at liberty to exercise his discretion to fix instalment and thereafter to proceed to issue tax token regard being had to the provisions contained in Section 11 of the Bihar Motor Vehicles Taxation Act, 1994. With the aforesaid direction, the writ petition stands disposed of. There will be no order as to costs. AMIN (Dipak Misra, CJ) (Dr. Ravi Ranjan, J.)