IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No 9153 of 2007 KRISHNA MURARI BHARATIA Versus THE STATE OF BIHAR & ORS ----------- 6 12.09.2008 The petitioner had undertaken to procure levy sugar and sell the same to retailers under the Public Distribution System. There was a price revision at the point of purchase of petitioner which was increased but the retail sale price was maintained. Thus, the wholeseller was required to be recompensated for eight long years. State could not decide from which source the compensation had to be given. Ultimately after the matter came to this Court and pursuant to direction of this Court, yesterday petitioner has been favoured with a cheques of Rs 1,60,566.64 P which he was supposed to receive in the year 2000 itself that is after a delay of eight years and spending a lot of time and money to secure that payment which he was in law entitled. The payment having been received by cheques yesterday, the grievance of the petitioner stands redressed. Petitioner takes that having been deprived of his rightful money for over eight years, he is entitled to be compensated in terms of interest. He may be justified. I, accordingly, direct him to make a representation in this regard to the Secretary, Department of Food and Civil Supplies, Government of Bihar who would take a decision on this aspect of the - 2 - matter within two months of petitioner’s filing such a representation alongwith a copy of order of this Court. This disposes of the writ application finally. M.E.H./ (Navaniti Prasad Singh)