IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.18712 of 2010 M/S AWASTHI AGROTECH ENTERPRIS Versus THE STATE OF BIHAR & ORS ----------- For the petitioner: Mr. Ashok Kumar Mishra, No.2, Advocate For the State: Mr. Prabhat Kumar, A.C. to G.A.III ------- 2. 16.11.2010 Learned counsel for the petitioner is permitted to add the Director, Agriculture Department, Government of Bihar, Patna as party respondent No.10 in the course of the day. The sole grievance of the petitioner is that on the direction of the respondents he had distributed the pump sets in the financial years 2008-09 and 2009-10 under the National Food Security Mission amongst the agriculturist of Supaul District, for which he was entitled to receive the subsidy amount; the distribution of pump sets has already been acknowledged by the respondent authorities but payment of subsidy has not been made till date. In the above circumstances, the writ application is disposed of with a direction to the Director, Agriculture Department, Government of Bihar, Patna (respondent No.10) to consider and dispose of the claims of the petitioner in this regard within a period of four months from the date of receipt/production of a copy of this order - 2 - and in case the subsidy amount is found due and payable to the petitioner, the same shall also be paid within a further period of three months thereafter. In case the claim of the petitioner is rejected, the same shall be done by a speaking order. VPS ( Ramesh Kumar Datta, J. )