IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.8189 of 2011 ----------- Tarkeshwar Prasad, son of late Meghnath Singh, resident of village Sonpura, P.S. Udwant Nagar, District Bhojpur, Ara (Bihar) …….. Petitioner Versus 1. The State of Bihar through the Principal Secretary, Food & Consumer Protection Department, Bihar, Patna 2. The Director, Food & Consumer Protection Department, Bihar, Patna. 3. The District Magistrate, Bhojpur, Ara 4. The Sub-Divisional Officer, Sadar, Bhojpur, Ara 5. The District Supply Officer, Bhojpur, Ara 6. The Block Supply Officer, Udwant Nagar, District Bhojpur ….Respondents -------- For the Petitioner : Mr. Manoj Kumar, Advocate For the State : Mr. Lalan Kumar, A.C. to G.P. 26 ------- 02/ 24.06.2011 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned counsel for the State and its authorities. 2. This writ petition has been filed by the petitioner for directing the authorities concerned to consider the case of the petitioner and set aside order dated 28.11.2008 passed by the Sub- Divisional Officer, Ara Sadar, cancelling the petitioner’s licence of Public Distribution System Dealership without any specific reason. It is also stated by the petitioner that only reason given for the said cancellation was that his reply was not found to be satisfactory and except that nothing has been mentioned in the said order with respect to any illegality committed by him in connection with distribution of articles etc. 3. The petitioner has very fairly mentioned in paragraph no.12 of the writ petition that he has challenged the aforesaid impugned order before the District Magistrate, Bhojpur, 2 Ara ( respondent no.3 ) vide Misc. Case No. 61 of 2008, but although about three years have lapsed, no order has been passed therein by the District Magistrate, Bhojpur, Ara. 4. In the aforesaid facts and circumstances, this writ petition is disposed of with a direction to the District Magistrate, Bhojpur, Ara (respondent no.3) to consider the claim of the petitioner raised in the said miscellaneous case and to decide the same in accordance with law expeditiously, preferably within a period of two months from the date of receipt/production of a copy of this order. The petitioner must co-operate in the early disposal of the said miscellaneous case. MPS/ ( S. N. Hussain, J. )