IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.15507 of 2008 Ganga Sagar Pandey, Son of Late Kashinath Pandey, Resident of Village Parsauni Baid, PS Peparahi, District Sheohar. ----- Petitioner. Versus 1. The State of Bihar. 2. The Commissioner-cum-Secretary, Food and Civil Supply, Government of Bihar, Patna. 3. The Collector, Sheohar, District Sheohar. 4. The District Supply Officer, Sheohar, District Sheohar. 5. The Sub-divisional Officer, Sheohar, District Sheohar. 6. The Block Supply Officer, Piparahi, District Sheohar. ---- Respondents. ----------- 3 11.11.2011 The petitioner is aggrieved by the order as contained in Annexure-2 by which his shop has been attached with the shop of one Anutha Baitha, and the licence of the petitioner was suspended. No counter affidavit has been filed in this case. The shop of the petitioner was inspected on 23.9.2008. It is found that the petitioner was absent from the shop. He was given 24 hours to file show-cause. On 25.9.2008 the impugned order has been passed. Without considering the merits of the case or the allegations made therein this Court finds that the show-cause notice issued vide Annexure1 giving the petitioner 24 hours to file a show- cause is unreasonable and cannot be sustained by any Court of law. In the result, the order which has been passed in consequence of the show-cause notice would not be sustainable and as such, this Court quashes Annexure-2 to the extent that the petitioner’s licence has been suspended and remands the matter back to the Sub-divisional Officer, Sheohar. The petitioner should file a fresh show-cause along with a copy of this order before the Sub-divisional Officer who will consider 2 the show-cause and pass appropriate orders within a period of three months on its receipt. The petitioner is directed to produce a copy of this order within a period of one month. In the mean time, the shop of the petitioner shall remain attached with Anutha Baitha. This writ application is disposed of with the aforesaid observations and directions. Sanjay (Sheema Ali Khan, J.)