IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CIVIL WRIT JURISDICTION CASE No.10183 of 2010 ==================================================== Santosh Sharma, son of Sri Birendra Sharma, resident of Village- Kandaul, Police Station Hulasganj, District Jehanabad. …. …. Petitioner Versus 1. The State of Bihar. 2. The Principal Secretary, Department of Excise, Bihar, Patna. 3. The District Magistrate, Jehanabad. 4. The Superintendent of Excise, Jehanabad. 5. The Block Development Officer, Hulasganj. …. …. Respondents ==================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner: Mr. Rajiv Kumar Verma, Senior Advocate with Mr. Sanjay Kumar, Advocate For the Respondents: Mr. Vikas Kumar, A.C. to A.G. For the Intervener: Mr. Anand K. Ojha, Advocate ==================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE and HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE JYOTI SARAN ORAL ORDER (Per: HONOURABLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE) 4. 14.2.2011. The matter in dispute is the location of a liquor shop owned by the writ petitioner situated within the Surajpur Gram Panchayat. According to the State authorities the location of the disputed liquor shop ought to be moved one K.M. beyond the boundaries of the block headquarter at Hulasganj. It is not in dispute that the license for liquor shop was granted to the petitioner for the current financial year i.e. up to 31st March 2011. It is also not in dispute that all along the shop has been run at the given place. The question of grant of fresh license would be considered by the respondent authorities in a short while. We do not propose to interfere with the matter at - 2 - eleventh hour. It is now a matter of few weeks alone. For the aforesaid reason, the petition is allowed. The respondent authorities shall not obstruct running of the disputed liquor shop within the Surajpur Gram Panchayat area. We clarify that this order is not made on merits; nor it is intended to say that the order of the respondent authorities to move the liquor shop in question was wrong; nor that the petitioner had a right to have a liquor shop at the disputed place. Pawan/- (R.M. Doshit, CJ) (Jyoti Saran, J)