IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.2356 of 2006 Laxami Modern Mill, Proprietorship Firm, Proprietor Rameswar Prasad, son of late Chandrika Prasad, resident of Mohalla-Shastrinagar Bagaha, P.O. and P.S. Bagaha, District-W. Champaran --------- Petitioner. Versus 1. The Food Corporation Of India through the Senior Regional Manager-cum-General Manager, 16-20, Barakhamba Lane, New Delhi. 2. Senior Regional Manager-cum-General Manager (Region), the Food Corporation of India, Arunanchal Building, Exhibition Road, Patna. 3. Dist. Manager-cum-Area Manager, F.C.I. Mahesh Kothi, Juran Chapara, Muzaffarpur ----- Respondents. ---------------------------------- 3. 19.12.2011 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned counsel for the respondents. 2. This writ petition has been filed by the petitioner for directing the respondents to pay the difference of freight/transportation charges, as per the circular issued by the Food Corporation on 6.4.2002 (Annexure-2) to the petitioner, amounting to Rs. 5,14,363.00 which according to the petitioner had been wrongly deducted from his bills. 3. The claim of the petitioner is that the petitioner is a rice mill and had entered into an agreement dated 10.1.2003 with the respondents for milling the paddy for the Food Corporation of India, but inspite of completion of the said work the difference of 2 freight/transportation charges as per the circular of the Food Corporation is not being paid to the petitioner rather a deduction has been made on that account by the respondents. 4. It transpires that the petitioner has already filed a representation before the Zonal Manager (E), Food Corporation of India, Kolkata on 8.11.2004 (Annexure-6) but according to the petitioner it has remained unheeded till date although seven years have lapsed. 5. In the aforesaid facts and circumstances, this writ petition is disposed of with a liberty to the petitioner to approach the General Manager (Region), Food Corporation of India (respondent no.2) along with an application giving details of his claim. If such an application is filed by the petitioner within four weeks from today along with a copy of this order the said authority shall consider the same in accordance with law and decide it by a speaking order within two months thereafter. If the authority finds any amount payable to the petitioner he should pay it to him immediately thereafter not beyond one month. However, if the said authority does not find any amount admitted and payable to the petitioner in his said order the petitioner will 3 be at liberty to challenge the same before an appropriate forum. Vinay/ ( S. N. Hussain, J.)