IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.10964 of 2009 KEDAR DAS, son of Late Lakhan Das, resident of village Bidupur, Station Panchayat Andharwara, Police Station Raja Pakar (Barati O.P.) District-Hajipur at Vaishali Versus THE STATE OF BIHAR & ORS ----------- 2 31.08.2009 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned counsel for the State. Petitioner is praying for issuance of an order to the respondent for renewing his licence as a thela vender of kerosene oil on the ground of compassionate since his father was a licensee before his death that was way back in the year, 1995. Contention of the counsel for the petitioner is that he has given several representations to the competent authority to renew the licence but no action has been taken in this regard. This Court is unable to pass any categorical direction upon the respondents on the merit of the claim of the petitioner but then if an application has been made before the competent authority, it as the responsibility of the competent authority to decide the matter one way or the other. Keeping the issue alive neither serves the interest of the State or the observation. 2 The writ application is disposed of with the above direction. Bibhash (Ajay Kumar Tripathi, J.)