IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.16992 of 2011 Ram Chandra Mahto, Son of Toofini Mahto, resident of Village- Khalishpur, Panchyat Kishanpur Yusuf, P.S.- Sarairanjann, District- Samastipur. . . . . . Petitioner. Versus 1. The State of Bihar through the Principal Secretary, Rural Development Department, Government of Bihar, Patna. 2. The District Magistrate, Samastipur 3. The District Development Commissioner, District Samastipur 4. The Block Development Officer, Block Sarairanjan, Dist.-Samastipur 5. The District Manager, Bihar State Food & Civil, Supply Corporation, Samastipur. 6. Officer-in-charge, Sarairanjan Police Station, District- Samastipur. . . . . . Respondents. ---------------------------------- 2/ 23.12.2011 Learned counsel for the petitioner is permitted to make officer-in-charge, Sarairanjan police station, District Samastipur as respondent no.6. The petitioners, who is a P.D.S. dealer under Sarairanjan Block in the district of Samastipur, prays for quashing notice issued by Block Development Officer, Sarairanjan, Samastipur (Annexure-1), whereby he has directed to refund a sum of Rs.55,07,372/- towards the values of 4019.98 quintals of undistributed rice allotted under SGRY Scheme and F.F.W. Scheme at the rate of Rs.13.70 per kg. The petitioner disputes the quantity of rice allotted to him. The petitioner submits that a different quantity due against the petitioner has been shown in the F.I.R. The petitioner submits that as per the audit report of the respondents only 1448.56 quintals of rice remains undistributed under F.F.W. Scheme. Counsel for the State submits that the submission of the petitioner is subject to verification. 2 Earlier similar matters had come up before this Court in C.W.J.C. No. 711 of 2011 (Awadh Prasad Singh Vs. The State of Bihar & Ors.) & C.W.J.C. No. 757 of 2011 (Suresh Prasad @ Raj Kumar Vs. The State of Bihar & Ors.). The aforesaid writ applications have been disposed of by order dated 06.07.2011 after noticing the submissions of learned counsel for the parties. As the facts and issues are common, the order dated 06.07.2011 passed in C.W.J.C. No. 711 of 2011 and C.W.J.C. No. 757 of 2011 would also govern the instant writ petition. The writ petition is disposed of in terms of the order dated 06.07.2011 passed in C.W.J.C. No. 711 of 2011 and C.W.J.C. No. 757 of 2011 with the condition that the petitioner would deposit a sum of Rs.1,25,000/- (One Lac Twenty Five Thousand) towards the value of undistributed rice for the time being within a period of three months from today. The petitioner would file his representation within a period of eight weeks from today, which would be disposed of within a further period of three months. In the meantime, no coercive steps would be taken against the petitioner. Uday/ (Samarendra Pratap Singh, J.)