IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.13514 of 2011 Ram Pravesh Rai Versus The State Of Bihar & Ors ---------------------------------- 2. 24.08.2011. The petitioner is a PDS dealer under the Bibhutipur block in the district of Samastipur having Licence no. 50 of 1989. He prays for quashing order dated 4.8.2011 contained in Memo no. 1896 dated 4.8.2011, issued by the Block Development Officer, Bibhutipur directing for realization of price of rice at APL rate which remained with the petitioner undistributed which were supplied to him in the year 2002-06 under the Sampurna Gram Rojgar Yojana (SRGY) and Food for work Scheme. The petitioner states that vide memo no. 807 dated 5.5.2008 he was directed to refund 1172.68 quintal of rice at BPL rate. Consequent to annexure 2, the petitioner deposited Rs.50,000/- towards the value of undistributed rice. The petitioner is aggrieved by Letter no.1896 dated 4.8.2011, whereby he has now been directed to refund undistributed rice at APL rate of Rs.13.70/- per kilogram. This court does not appreciate the indifferent approach in which the Letter no. 1896 dated 4.8.2011 has been issued without specifying the quantity of rice, the 2 quantity for which permit issued and quantity which remained undistributed. As ordered in many batch cases, the impugned payment contained in Letter no. 1896 dated 4.8.2011 be treated as show cause to which the petitioner would file his representation within a period of 4 weeks. Thereafter the authority concerned would dispose of the representation within 2 months. No coercive steps would be taken against the petitioner in the meantime pursuant to notice dated 4.8.2011, subject to his depositing 50% of the quantity of rice that has remained undistributed at Rs.10/-per kilogram for time being as has been directed in the batch cases. With the aforesaid directions the instant writ petition is disposed of. Shashi. (Samarendra Pratap Singh, J.)