IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CR. WJC No.995 of 2010 ASHUTOSH KUMAR PANDEY, Son of Ram Naresh Pandey, resident of Village: Noorsarai, P.S.: Noorsarai, District: Nalanda. . . . . Petitioner. Versus 1. THE STATE OF BIHAR 2. The District Magistrate, Nalanda. 3. The Marketing Officer, Bihar Sharif. . . . . . . Respondents. ----------- 2/ 25.10.2010 Learned counsel for the petitioner is permitted to make necessary correction in paragraph no.1 of the writ application. Heard learned counsel for the parties. The petitioner is the owner of Pick-up Van no. BR 21 B 9957. He submits that he is owner of the aforesaid public carrier, which he uses for commercial purposes. He further submits that his Pick-up Van was hired by P.D.S Dealer, Suresh Kumar, for transporting Kerosene Oil. The petitioner submits that the P.D.S. Dealer / his agent showed valid papers in respect of carrying Kerosene Oil in question. Learned counsel submits that in any view of the matter, he is not concerned with Kerosene oil in question and admittedly it does not belong to him. He very fairly submits that a Confiscation case is pending, in which he has filed show-cause also, which has been annexed as Annexure-2 to this application. Mr. Mani Kant Mishra, learned counsel for the State submits that a direction may be issued to the District Magistrate, Nalanda for expeditious disposal of the Confiscation proceeding. As the Pick-up Van is a public carrier, this Court directs the District Magistrate, Nalanda to dispose of the 2 Confiscation proceeding no. 14 of 2010 preferably within a period of three weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order after giving due consideration to the show-cause filed by the petitioner and also the decision of the Hon’ble Apex Court in case of Sunderbhai Ambalal Desai Vs. State of Gujarat, reported in 2003 (4) PLJR SC 244. With the aforesaid direction, this application is disposed of. Let a copy of this order be communicated to the District Magistrate, Nalanda through FAX at the cost of the petitioner. Uday/ (Samarendra Pratap Singh, J.)