IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.7210 of 2009 ***** Md. Jahangir, son of Late Riyasat Ali, Resident of Mohalla-Imadpur, P.S.pBiharsharif, District- Nalanda. …. …. Petitioner Versus 1. The State of Bihar. 2. District Magistrate-cum-Collector, Nalanda at Biharsarif. 3. Sub Divisional officer, Biharsarif, Nalanda. …. …. Respondents ----------- 2. 1.7.2009. After having heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned counsel for the State the writ application is being disposed off because there is a very limited prayer which has been made before this Court under Article 226 of the Constitution of India. License of the petitioner stood cancelled because a case under Section 7 of the Essential Commodities Act came to be lodged against the petitioner. It is submitted that against the order of cancellation he has filed E.C. Act Appeal Case No.11/2005 but the same has not been heard and decided till date. During the pendency of this appeal certain developments have taken place in the sense that the order taking cognizance under 7 E.C. Act stood quashed by the High Court, which is reflected from Annexure-3. In other words, there is no criminal case is pending against the petitioner based on which the license in question stood cancelled at the relevant time. In the light of the above developments petitioner submits that he is now unnecessarily suffering despite the relief he has been granted by the competent Court in this regard. The Court is a little surprised that the Collector, Nalanda at - 2 - Biharsarif has not been able to find time in last four years to take up an appeal which is statutory in nature and decide the same. The Court is aware that the District Magistrate has a lot of administrative responsibilities but then he can also not shy away from the statutory responsibilities which have been conferred upon him and attending to the Court work and judicial work is as important as attending to the administrative work. The Court has come across other proceedings also where there have been cases where judicial work which have to be conducted by the Collector is a neglected kind. The Court may have occasion to record something much more on the issue if yet another matter of the kind comes to its knowledge. As of now, the matter is being disposed of with a direction that the appeal may be taken up and decided preferably within a period of three months from the date of communication/production of a copy of this order. The Court expects due dispassion by the District Magistrate in the adjudication of the matter within the time frame fixed above. This writ application stands disposed of with above direction. Pawan/- (Ajay Kumar Tripathi, J.)