IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.8982 of 2005 Ram Dayal Gupta son of Late Kailash Prasad Gupta, Resident of village Chausa, Post Chausa, District Buxar…………………………………………Petitioner. Versus 1. Bihar State Agricultural Marketing Board at Patna through its Managing Director. 2. Agriculture Produce Market Committee, Buxar through its Chairman. 3. The Chairman, Agricultural Produce Market Committee, Buxar. 4. The Secretary, Agricultural Produce Market Committee, Buxar. 5. The Special Officer, Agricultural Produce Market Committee, Buxar………………………………..…Respondents. For the petitioner :M/s Sanjay Kumar and Surya Prakash, Advocates. For the respondents : None. ----------- 02/ 27.06.2011 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner. No one appears for the respondents. 2. This writ petition has been filed by the petitioner challenging ex-parte Fee Assessment order dated 13.11.2003 by which the Secretary of Agricultural Produce Market Committee, Buxar (respondent no.4) imposed fees and penalty upon the petitioner. 3. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the said order was passed on erroneous consideration as the fees etc. for some period had already been deposited by the petitioner and for the remaining period the Mill remained non- functioning. Learned counsel for the petitioner further submits that he has already filed an application before the Market Committee on 18.01.2005, but the said application has not yet been disposed of by the said authority. 4. In the said circumstances, this writ petition is - 2 - disposed of with a direction to the respondents to decide the aforesaid application of the petitioner in accordance with law expeditiously preferably within three months from the date of receipt/production of a copy of this order. Harish (S.N. Hussain, J.)