IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.7099 of 2007 SHANKAR CHAUDHARY Versus THE STATE OF BIHAR & ORS ----------- 3 22.2.2010 Heard learned counsel for the parties. The seized stock of rice for which release the petitioner has filed present writ application had already been sold by the concerned authority and the money deposited in the treasury on 25.6.2007. If that be so, then the order of stay granted by the High Court on 6.8.2007 had no meaning. That part of the relief prayed for on behalf of the petitioner is also lost. The stand of the petitioner now after perusing the counter affidavit is that the confiscation proceeding must now conclude so that the right and his entitlement to claim money of the sold rice could be determined. There is categorical statement that the confiscation proceeding has not been concluded. In the counter affidavit there is no reflection that the confiscation proceeding has finally been decided. In other words if the proceeding is till pending and alive the petitioner will cooperate in the same and the concerned authority would decide the matter now within a period of three months from the date of production or communication of a copy of this order, since the seizure relates to the year 2007. This writ application stands disposed of with the limited direction. RPS (Ajay Kumar Tripathi,J.)