IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.12020 of 2011 Ganesh Prasad Singh @ Ganesh Singh, S/O Late Jagdish Prasad Singh, R/O Village- Bishanpur , Police Station-Korha, District- Katihar. . . . . . Petitioner. Versus 1. The State of Bihar. 2. The Department of Food and Civil Supply, Govt. of Bihar, Patna (Old Secretariat) through its Principal Secretary. 3. The Deputy Development Commissioner-Cum-Executive Officer, D.R.D.A., Katihar. 4. The District Magistrate, Katihar. 5. The District Programme Office, Katihar. 6. The Programme Officer, Korha, Katihar. 7. The Block Development Officer, Korha, Katihar. 8. The Gram Panchayat Raj, Korha Block, (Bisanpur Panchayat), Katihar. . . . . . Respondents. ---------------------------------- 2/ 08.11.2011 The petitioner, who is a P.D.S. dealer within Korha Block in the district of Katihar, prays for quashing letter vide Memo no.182 dated 20.06.2011, issued under the signature of Programme Officer, Korha, whereby he has been directed to refund the value of 433.55 quintals of undistributed rice at the rate of Rs.12.55 per kg. The petitioner submits that he received 124 quintals of rice in the year 2001-02, 82 quintals of rice in the year 2002- 03 and 277 quintals in the year 2004-05 under SGRY Scheme. The petitioner submits that he distributed the entire 124 quintals of rice allotted to him in the year 2001-02. He submits that the other figures mentioned in the impugned notice are correct. The petitioner submits that out of 359 quintals of rice more than 180 quintals of rice has perished. The petitioner submits that the respondents did not care to take back the rice for 7-8 years. 2 Having regard to the facts and circumstances of the instant case, I observe that if petitioner deposits the value of 180 quintals of rice at the rate of Rs.10/- per kg., which would come to Rs.1,80,000/- within a period of six months, the impugned notice would stand quashed. The petitioner submits that he would pay the first installment of Rs.35,000/- within a month and thereafter he would pay the balance money in the next five months. The writ application stands disposed of. Uday/ (Samarendra Pratap Singh, J.)