IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.16191 of 2010 Bhagawat Singh son of Sri Kishun Singh, resident of village Jasoiya, P.S. Nabinagar, District: Aurangabad (Bihar). PETITIONER. Versus 1. The State of Bihar. 2. The District Magistrate, Aurangabad. 3. The Sub Divisional Officer, Aurangabad. 4. The Block Supply Officer, Nabinagar, District-Aurangabad (Bihar). RESPONDENTS. ----------- 02/ 08.11.2010 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned counsel for the State. Petitioner has claimed that his fair price shop licence under the Public Distribution System was earlier suspended and thereafter it was cancelled by the licensing authority against which he filed Miscellaneous Appeal No.40 of 2009 before the appellate authority, namely Collector, Aurangabad, under the provision of law provided in Govt. of Bihar, Food Supply & Commerce Department Public Distribution System (Control) Order, 2001, notified vide G.S.R.1 dated 20.02.2007, but the said appeal is still pending although a long time has lapsed. In the aforesaid facts and circumstances, this writ petition is disposed of with a direction to the aforesaid appellate authority to decide the appeal expeditiously, preferably within a period of three months from today. However, if the petitioner is aggrieved by the order passed in the aforesaid appeal, he will be at liberty to challenge the same in the High Court. Sunil (S. N. Hussain, J.)