IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.8288 of 2009 DIWAKAR KUMAR GOSWAMI, son of late Rameshwar Goswami, resident of village- Haspura, P.S. Haspura, District- Aurangabad …Petitioner Versus 1. The State Of Bihar. 2. The Collector, Aurangabad. 3. The Excise Superintendent, Aurangabad. 4. The Excise Inspector, Sadar-cum- Daudnagar, Aurangabad & 5. The Sub-Inspector of Excise, Daudnagar- cum- Rafiganj Circle, Aurangabad …Respondents ----------- 2/ 21.07.2009 Heard the parties. The grievance of the petitioner is against a letter containing certain directions, dated 25.6.2009, contained in Annexure- 3, issued by the Inspector, Excise, Sadar-cum- Daudnagar. According to the petitioner, the site at which he is operating his excise licence was approved after proper enquiry but he is being asked to shift to some other site on account of alleged complaints of villagers which has no merit. On behalf of the State, it has been submitted that the actions and directions of Excise Officer are subject to control by way of appeal and revision before the Excise Commissioner as provided under section 8 of the Bihar Excise Act, 1915, and hence, the grievance of aforesaid nature should have been raised by the petitioner before the Excise Commissioner, Bihar. Without going into the merits of the case of the petitioner, we dispose of the writ petition by giving liberty to the petitioner to approach the Excise Commissioner with his grievance that by asking him to change the site of his shop, he is being subjected to unnecessary harassment. The petitioner must approach the Excise Commissioner with a copy of this order within two weeks from today. - 2 - Thereafter, it would be for the Excise Commissioner to pass appropriate orders. For the intervening two weeks, no further coercive steps shall be taken against the petitioner. JA/- (Shiva Kirti Singh, ACJ) (Anjana Prakash, J.)