IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.17722 of 2011 Devendra Singh @ Devendra Prasad Singh, S/O Sri Badri Singh, R/O Village- Gopinathpur, P.S.- Baruraj, District- Muzaffarpur. . . . . . Petitioner. Versus 1. The State of Bihar, through the Principle Secretary, Rural Development Department, Government of Bihar, Patna. 2. The District Magistrate, Muzaffarpur. 3. The District Development Commissioner, District- Muzaffarpur. 4. The Sub-Divisional Officer (West), Muzaffarpur. 5. The Block Development Officer, Block- Motipur, District- Muzaffarpur. 6. The District Manager, Bihar State Food & Civil Supply Corporation, Nayatola, Chandralok Market, District- Muzaffarpur. 7. The Assistant Godown Manager, Bihar State Food & Civil Supply Corporation, Motipur, District- Muzaffarpur. . . . . Respondents. ---------------------------------- 2/ 30.11.2011 The petitioner, who is a P.D.S. dealer, prays for quashing letter no. 1387 dated 01.07.2011, issued by Deputy Development Commissioner, Muzaffarpur, whereby he has been directed to refund the value of 200 quintals of rice at the rate of Rs.1370 per quintal, which comes to Rs.2,74,000/-. The petitioner submits that earlier vide Memo no.34 dated 08.01.2010 he was directed to refund the value of undistributed rice to the tune of 200 quintals at the rate of Rs.957 per quintal. He further submits that pursuant to aforesaid notice dated 01.07.2011, he deposited a sum of Rs.25,000/-. The petitioner submits that once the authority had decided to recover the value of undistributed rice at the lower rate of Rs.957 per quintals, they ought not to have revised the rate subsequently thereafter. The writ petition is disposed of in terms of the order dated 06.07.2011 passed in C.W.J.C. No. 711 of 2011 and 2 C.W.J.C. No. 757 of 2011 with the condition that the petitioner would either deposit 20% of the value of undistributed rice at Rs.10 per Kg. or the rice itself. As the petitioner has already deposited Rs.25,000/-, he would be required to deposit for the time being, further a sum of Rs. 15,000/- within a period of four weeks. The petitioner should file a detailed representation within a period of four weeks, which would be disposed of by the respondent authorities within a further period of 10 weeks. No coercive steps would be taken against the petitioner subject to the aforesaid condition. Uday/ (Samarendra Pratap Singh, J.)