IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.15141 of 2009 LAWANGA DEVI W/O RAMASHANKAR SAH, R/O VILL.- TETARIYA JAGARNATH, P.O.- SEMARIYA, GRAM PANCHAYAT- MAJHAWALIA, P.S.- KATEYA, DISTT.- GOPALGANJ…………………………………PETITIONER. VERSUS 1. THE STATE OF BIHAR 2. THE SECRETARY, DEPTT. OF FOOD, CIVIL SUPPLY AND COMMERCE GOVT. OF BIHAR, PATNA 3. THE COLLECTOR, GOPALGANJ 4. THE DISTRICT SUPPLY OFFICER, GOPALGANJ 5. THE SUB-DIVISIONAL OFFICER, HATHUA DISTT.- GOPALGANJ 6. THE BLOCK SUPPLY OFFICER, BLOCK- PANCHDEORI DISTT.- GOPALGANJ 7. THE SELECTION COMMITTEE FOR ISSUANCE OF LICENSE IN P.D.S. SYSTEM, GOPALGANJ THROUGH ITS PRESIDENT, THE COLLECTOR, GOPALGANJ………..RESPONDENTS. For the petitioner : M/s Y.V. Giri, Sr. Advocate with Sanjay Kr.Pandey No.5, Advocate. For the State : Mr. Amitabh Bhardwaj, Advocate. ----------- 03/ 13.07.2010 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned counsel for the State. This writ petition has been filed by the petitioner for directing the Collector, Gopalganj (respondent no.3), the District Supply Officer, Gopalganj (respondent no.4) and the Selection Committee (respondent no.7) to grant license of Fair Price Shop under Public Distribution System in favour of the petitioner in pursuance of her application dated 02.02.2006 (Annexure-1) in Gram Panchayat Raj, Block Majhawali in the District of Gopalganj. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the said application is pending since more than four years and has not been decided as yet. 2 In the said circumstances, this writ petition is disposed of with a direction to the aforesaid respondents to decide the above mentioned application of the petitioner in accordance with law expeditiously preferably within a period of two months from today. harish/ ( S. N. Hussain, J. )