IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.9521 of 2007 Ram Bilas Singh son of Late Kamu Singh, Resident of Village- Chiraiyan Tand, P.O. Narendra Khop, P.S. Kutumba District-Aurangabad (Bihar.). …..Petitioner. Versus 1. The State of Bihar through Chief Secretary. 2. District Magistrate, Aurangabad. 3. District Supply Officer, Aurangabad. 4. S.D.O. Aurangabad. ….Respondents ----------- For the petitioner : Mr. Yogendra Kumar Singh, Advocate. For the State : Mr. N.K. Sinha, A.A.G. -X Mr. Sunil Kumar, A.C. to A.A.G.X. ------- 02/ 27.07.2010 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned counsel for the State. This writ petition has been filed by the petitioner for directing the respondents-authority to restore the licence of the petitioner and to allow him to continue with his dealership under the public distribution system which he is continuing since 1985. From the facts and circumstances of the case, it is apparent that licence renewal fee for the year 2005 should have been deposited by 31st of December, 2005 and if it was not paid then it should have been paid with fine by 31st of January, 2006, but the said fee or the fine was never deposited. In the said circumstances, the licence of the petitioner stood automatically cancelled after 31st of January, 2006 in view of letter of Food, Supply and Commerce Department, Govt. of Bihar, bearing Letter No.1156 dated 10.04.2003 (Annexure-A). 2 In the aforesaid facts and circumstances, the deposit of licence renewal fee for 2006 to 2008 had no meaning at all when the licence had already stood automatically cancelled for non-payment of licence renewal fees for the year 2005. Furthermore, in paragraph-6 of the writ petition the petitioner has stated that petitioner was doing his business, but it has nowhere been stated that he received any supply of article from the authorities concerned under the public distribution system after 2005. Hence, this court does not find any merit in this writ petition which is, accordingly, dismissed. Sunil ( S. N. Hussain, J.)