IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.18222 of 2008 Kaishrul Islam S/o late Saiyad Tamijur Rahman, R/o village- dharampur, P.S.- Samastipur, Distt- Samastipur-------------------- --------------------------------------Petitioner Versus 1. The State of Bihar through the Secretary, Food & Consumer Protection Depatt. Old Secretariat, Patna 2. The District Magistrate, Samastipur, Distt.- Samastipur 3. The S.D.O., Samastipur, Distt.- Samastipur-----Respondents ---------------------------------- 4 9.12.2011 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned counsel appearing on behalf of the State. Petitioner is aggrieved by Annexure-1 dated 1.9.2008 by which the Sub-Divisional Officer, Samastipur has cancelled the Public Distribution System license of the petitioner on the ground that he was on strike from 1.8.2008 to 8.9.2008. It has been brought to the notice of the Court that the Dealers Association has called the strike which led to a State wide strike by all the P.D.S. dealers. Ultimately, the strike was called off after an agreement was reached between the State and the dealers. The said agreement is contained in Annexure-2 to the writ petition which indicates that the State would not take any coercive steps against the dealers who had gone on strike. I thus direct the Sub-Divisional Officer, Samastipur to consider the decision of the State Government and pass appropriate order on cancellation of the license of the petitioner as a Public Distribution System Dealer. The petitioner is directed to produce a copy of this order within a period of one month from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. The Sub-Divisional Officer, Samastipur is directed to pass the 2 order in accordance with law and in accordance with the decision of the State Government within a period of two months thereafter. In view of the order of remand, I quash the order dated 1.9.2008 passed by the Sub-Divisional Officer, Samastipur as contained in Annexure-1. This writ petition is allowed to the extent indicated above. RPS (Sheema Ali Khan, J.)