IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.16990 of 2011 Ashok Kumar Ugra, Son of Bindeshwar Rai, R/O-Bagitpur Chak, Kasturi, P.S.-Deshri, Dist.-Vaishali. . . . . Petitioner. Versus 1. The State of Bihar. 2. Dy. Development Commissioner, Vaishali. 3. The Block Development Officer-Sahdei, Dist.-Vaishali. 4. The Certificate Officer, Vaishali at Hajipur. . . . . . Respondents. ---------------------------------- 2/ 22.11.2011 The petitioner prays for quashing Memo no.857 dated 09.08.2011, issued by Block Development Officer, Sahdei with a request to withdraw certificate proceeding. The petitioner is the Chairman of Bagitpur Chak Kasturi PACS till 2006. The petitioner submits that total out standing food-grains allotted to Bagitpur Chak Kasturi PACS is 180 quintals (Annexure-1). The grievance of the petitioner is that he ceases to be Chairman of the PACS since 2006 and as such the certificate proceeding ought not to have been drawn against him nor the notice for refund of the amount should have been issued to him. Having heard the counsel for the petitioner and the State, it will be open for the petitioner to file a detailed representation before the Block Development Officer, Sahdei as well as before the Certificate Officer, Vaishali raising his grievance. The petitioner must file his representation within six weeks from today. The Block Development Officer, Sahdei would dispose of the representation within a further period of three months. It will be for the petitioner to make similar representation before the Certificate Officer, Vaishali stating 2 that the certificate case ought not to have instituted in his name. No coercive steps would be taken against the petitioner. With the aforesaid observation, this writ application is disposed of. Uday/ (Samarendra Pratap Singh, J.)