IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.17357 of 2008 A.C.C.LTD ( Formerly known as The Associated Cement Companies Ltd.) Registered under the Companies Act, 1956, having its Registered Office at 121, Maharshi Karve Road, Mumbai- 400 020 And its Sales Unit at Samriddhi, S.P. Verma Road, P.S. Kotwali, Distt. Patna, through Shri C.Kurian, Sales Head of the Company posted at Patna, having the authority to represent the Company in the present case.. Versus 1. THE STATE OF BIHAR, THROUGH THE PRINCIPAL SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE, GOVT. OF BIHAR, OLD SECRETARIAT, PATNA. 2. THE PRINCIPAL SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT, GOVT. OF BIHAR, OLD SECRETARIAT, PATNA. 3. THE DISTRICT RURAL DEVELOPMENT AGENCY ( DRADA), THROUGH ITS CHAIRMAN, BHAGALPUR. 4. THE DEPUTY DEVELOPMENT COMMISSIONER, BHAGALPUR 5. THE CERTIFICATE OFFICER, BHAGALPUR. ----------- For the petitioner: Mr. Amaresh Kumar Sinha, Adv. For the respondent-State: Mr. Ritesh Kumar, A.C. to G.A. 10 For respondent nos. 3 & 4 : Mr. Nikesh Kumar, Advocate. ---- 2/ 06.05.2010 The challenge in the present writ application is with regard to a notice dated 07.08.2008 issued by the Certificate Officer, Bhagalpur in Certificate Case No. 27 of 2008-09. Notice is Annexure-5. The so-called certificate proceeding was initiated for reason that certain supplies of cement was not made by the petitioner to the Company in the year 1985-88. For non-supply of those materials proceeding has been initiated after a more than two decades. Similar disputes have already been involved and adjudicated upon in one writ application bearing C.W.J. C. - 2 - No. 11373 of 1999, where detailed order came to be passed on 12th November, 2008. The Court went into the details of the rival submissions in taking note of the law decided to quash the notice itself. Reason assigned by this Court in the said dispute also holds good for the present lis because the only difference in the show-cause is that in one case the proceeding was initiated in the district of Munger and the present case relates to Bhagalpur. For the reasons assigned in C.W.J.C. No. 11373 of 1999, disposed of on 12th November, 2008, the present writ application is also allowed. The demand notice, as contained in Annexure-5, is quashed. ( Ajay Kumar Tripathi, J ) BTiwary/