IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.8939 of 2008 RAM PRAVESH RAJAK Versus THE STATE OF BIHAR & ORS ----------- 4 18.8.2009 Heard learned counsel for the parties. Liquor shop now operating in the name of one Bhola Singh son of Sri Ram Chandra Singh located at Hanuman Nagar in plot no. 215 has become the subject matter of the present writ application which has been filed by the petitioner. Petitioner’s submission is that license for vending of retail country liquor issued under the Bihar Excise Act, 1915 has been issued in breach of not only the provisions of Rules 47 and 48 but also other rules framed under Bihar Excise Act, 2007. Many a things has been alleged in the writ application to show that continuous of the shop at the location is also not in the interest of society and the persons living in the area. The matter need not be decided in isolation in view of the fact that one Public Interest Litigation has come to be filed by one Asha Lal & others which is CWJC No. 3651 of 2009 and a Bench presided over by Hon’ble Acting Chief Justice vide order dated 30.7.2009 has directed the District Magistrate to constitute a team of persons drawn from various departments for carrying out inspection of these liquor vending shops within the Urban area of Patna town and furnish a report to the Court within six weeks. In the normal course of things even this shop will have to be inspected looking its location. To make it doubly sure - 2 - petitioner wants a specific direction to be issued to the District Magistrate to ensure that even this vending shop should be inspected by the said team before furnishing report to the Court for further consideration and direction. Since the matter is being examined in a broader perspective by the Division Bench the present writ application is disposed of with liberty to petitioner that he shall bring this order to the notice of the District Magistrate, Patna who shall ensure that in case the present vending shop has not been inspected or has been omitted to be inspected, the same shall also be done and a report thereof furnished to the Court (Division Bench) for further direction. This writ application as well as the I.A. No.3199 of 2009 stand disposed of with the above direction. RPS (Ajay Kumar Tripathi,J.)