IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.16981 of 2008 Hari Lal Singh, Son of Late Puran Prasad Singh, Resident of Village Icharua, PO Amba, PS Alauli, District Khagaria. ----- Petitioner. Versus 1. The State of Bihar through the Secretary, Food and Consumer Protection Department, Old Secretariat, Patna. 2. The District Supply Officer, Khagaria, District Khagaria. 3. The Sub-divisional Officer, Khagaria, District Khagaria. ------ Respondents. ----------- 4 8.11.2011 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and the counsel appearing on behalf of the State. The petitioner is a P.D.S. dealer who had not deposited the licence fee for the year 2003 within the stipulated time. Clause (5) of Bihar Trade Article (Licenses Unification) Order, 1984 provides that the licence fee has to be deposited by 31st of December with the licensing authority. It is further provided that the licensing authority will entertain the application for licence upto 31st of January on payment of late fee. Apparently, the petitioner did not deposit the fee or pay the late fee for renewal of his licence for the year 2003 onwards. The submission on behalf of the petitioner is that he was not served an order cancelling his licence until 2008 and, therefore, he has come to this Court after he 2 received the order cancelling his licence. The fact remains that the petitioner did not take any steps for renewal of his licence since 2003 onwards and under those circumstances it cannot be contended on behalf of the petitioner that his licence should be renewed and his late fee from before December 2003 or on the coming years should be accepted by the authorities concerned. In the opinion of this Court once a P.D.S. dealer does not deposit fee as per Clause (5) of Bihar Trade Article (Licenses Unification) Order, 1984, he cannot contend after five years that his licence should be subsequently renewed. In the result, I find no merit in this writ application. It is accordingly, dismissed. Sanjay (Sheema Ali Khan, J.)