IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.13460 of 2011 1. Ram Payare Ram S/O Late Rajnath Paswan R/O Vill.- Lodhi, P.O.- Chenari, Distt.- Rohtas. 2. Sudarsan Paswan S/O Late Gauri Paswan R/O Vill.- Hata, P.O.- Chenari, Distt.- Rohtas. 3. Ram Naresh Ram S/O Late Lakshmi Ram R/O Vill.- Mahuli, P.O.- Shadokhar, Distt.- Rohtas. 4. Santosh Kuwar S/O Ram Keshwar Ram R/O Vill.- Ugahani, P.O.- Ugahani, Distt.- Rohtas. 5. Jai Govind Sah S/O Ram Prasad Sah R/O Vill.- Chenari, P.O.- Chenari, Distt.- Rohtas. 6. Moti Sah S/O Late Hari Sah R/O Vill.- Pakariya, P.O.- Sadokhar, Distt.- Rohtas. 7. Yamuna Prasad S/O Late Ram Chandra Sah R/O Vill.- Chenari, P.O.- Chenari, Distt.- Rohtas. 8. Ram Prasad Srivastawa S/O Late Haribansh Lal Srivastava R/O Vill.- Samahutta, P.O.- Sadokhar, Distt.- Rohtas. 9. Sri Krishna Kumar Prasad S/O Budhram Prasad R/O Vill.- Turki, P.O.- Sadokhar, Distt.- Rohtas. 10. Vikrama Paswan S/O Late Paltu Paswan R/O Vill.- Ganeshpur, P.O.- Mamrejpur, P.S.- Chenari, Distt.- Rohtas. Versus 1. The State of Bihar through the Secretary Rural Development Department, Government Of Bihar, Patna 2. The District Magistrate, Rohtas 3. The Deputy Development Commissioner, Rohtas 4. The Block Development Officer, Chenari, Rohtas with CWJC No.12192 of 2011 Siddhi Sadan Giri Son of Late Jagar Nath Giri Resident Of Vill- Madud Gram Panchayat, Bauridih, Po-Baurisarai, Ps-Khudaganj, District-Patna Versus 1. The State of Bihar 2. The District Magistrate, Nalanda 3. The Deputy Development Commissioner, Nalanda 4. The Block Development Officer Islampur, Nalanda 5. The Block Supply Officer Islampur, Dist.Nalanda with CWJC No.13548 of 2011 Krishna Deo Prasad S/O Late Baijnath Mahto R/O Vill.- Lalu Bigha, P.O.- Korari, P.S.- Bind, Distt.- Nalanda Versus 1. The State of Bihar 2. The District Magistrate, Nalanda 3. The Sub-Divisional Officer, Biharsharif, Nalanda 4. The Block Development Officer, Bind Block, Nalanda 5. The Panchayat Secretary Gram Panchayat Raj, Kathrahi, Block- Bind, Distt.- Nalanda With 2 CWJC No.13550 of 2011 1. Harendra Kumar Diwedi S/O Late Janardhan Diwedi R/O Vill.- Mustafabad, P.S.- Goreakothi, Distt.- Siwan 2. Bacha Prasad S/O Late Ram Briksha Prasad R/O Vill.- Satwar, P.S.- Gautambudha Nagar, Distt.- Siwan 3. Jai Prakash Singh S/O Dhruv Narain Singh R/O Vill.- Chainpur, P.S.- Goreakothi, Distt.- Siwan 4. Ramjee Singh S/O Late Shiv Shankar Singh R/O Vill.- Jamo, P.S.- Jamo, Distt.- Siwan 5. Yogendra Prasad S/O Late Nathuni Prasad R/O Vill.- South Sarari, P.S.- Goreakothi, Distt.- Siwan 6. Dharmnath Singh S/O Late Jamuna Singh R/O Vill.- Dudhra, P.S.- Goreakothi, Distt.- Siwan Versus 1. The State of Bihar 2. The District Magistrate, Siwan 3. The Block Development Officer, Goreakothi, Distt.- Siwan 4. The Deputy Development Commissioner, Siwan with CWJC No.13578 of 2011 Nayeem Baitha S/O Late Salim Baitha R/O Village-Gariyama, P.S. Jhagru Chak, P.S- Falka, Distt.-Katihar Versus 1. The State of Bihar 2. The Principal Secretary Food and Civil Supplies Department, Govt. of Bihar, Patna 3. The District Magistrate, Katihar 4. The Block Program Officer, Falka Block Distt. Katihar with CWJC No.13642 of 2011 Shekhar Chaudhary S/O Bhawnath Chaudhary R/O Vill.-Bareta, P.O. Bareta, P.S. Falka, Distt.-Katihar. Versus 1. The State of Bihar. 2. The Principal Secretary, Food And Civil Supplies Deptt., Govt. of Bihar, Patna. 3. The District Magistrate, Katihar, Distt.-Katihar. 4. The Block Programme Officer, Falka Block, Distt.-Katihar. with CWJC No.12215 of 2011 Anwar Alam @ Md. Anwar Alam son of late Jahir Ali, resident of village Maheshpur, P.S. Manihari, District- Katihar. . Petitioner. Versus 1. The State of Bihar 2. The District Magistrate, Katihar 3. The Deputy Development Commissioner-cum Executive Officer, Katihar. 4. The Block Program Officer, Manihari, Katihar 5. Block Development Officer, Manihari, Katihar. 6. Block Supply Officer, Manihari, Katihar. . . . Respondents. With 3 CWJC No.1545 of 2011 1. Md. Mansoor Alam, son of late Sk. Chainuddin, Resident of village Harnaroi, P.S. Abadpur, District- Katihar. 2. Md. Sayeed Ali, son of late Chapu Sarkar, Resident of village Govindpur, P.S. Abadpur, District- Katihar. 3. Md. Suleman, son of late Md. Daud, Resident of village Palaci, P.S. Abadpur, District- Katihar. 4. Narish Begum, wife of Mansoor Alam, Resident of village Ismilepur, P.S. Abadpur, District- Katihar. . . . Petitioners. Versus 1. The State of Bihar 2. The Deputy Development Commissioner-cum Executive Officer, Zila Gramin Vikas Abhikaran, Katihar, District- Katihar. 3. Programme Officer, Barsoi, Katihar. 4. The District Manager, Bihar State Food Corporation, Katihar, District Katihar. 5. The Sub-Divisional Officer, Sub Division Barsoi, District Katihar. 6. The Block Program Officer, Barsoi, Katihar 7. The Executive Engineer Zila Parishad, Katihar, District Katihar. 8. The Deputy Engineer, Zila Parishad, Katihar. 9. The Assistant Engineer, Zila Parishad, District Katihar. ----------- 2/ 25.08.2011 The petitioners, who are the licensee under the 1984 Unification Order as well as under the Public Distribution System (Control) Order, 2001 pray for quashing the memo issued by the concerned authorities, directing refund of value of undistributed rice under 50 % and 30 % of Sampurna Gramin Rojgar Yojana in between the years 2002 to 2006 at APL rate of Rs.13.70 per Kg. Earlier similar matters had come up before this Court in C.W.J.C. No. 711 of 2011 (Awadh Prasad Singh Vs. The State of Bihar & Ors.) & C.W.J.C. No. 757 of 2011 (Suresh Prasad @ Raj Kumar Vs. The State of Bihar & Ors.). The aforesaid writ applications have been disposed of by order dated 06.07.2011 after noticing the submissions of learned counsel for the parties. As the facts and issues are common, the order dated 06.07.2011 passed in C.W.J.C. No. 711 of 2011 and C.W.J.C. No. 757 of 2011 would also govern the instant writ petitions. 4 The writ petitions are disposed of in terms of the order dated 06.07.2011 passed in C.W.J.C. No. 711 of 2011 and C.W.J.C. No. 757 of 2011 including interim protection as mentioned therein, with the condition that the petitioners would either deposit 20% of the value of undistributed rice at Rs.10 per Kg. or the rice itself, if already not deposited within two months. This order would not come in the way of petitioners, if they want to deposit the value of rice or rice itself in excess of 20%. Uday/ (Samarendra Pratap Singh, J.)