WP(C) 1472/2011 BEFORE HON’BLE MRS JUSTICE ANIMA HAZARIKA Heard Mr G. Uddin, learned counsel appearing for the petitioner. Also heard Mr B J Talukdar, learned senior Government Advocate appearing for the respondents. Considering the grievance raised in the writ petition and as agreed to by the le arned counsel appearing for the parties, this writ petition is being disposed of at the motion stage itself. The petitioner’s case in brief is that he was appointed as Hawker to deal in Sup erior Kerosene Oil (SK Oil for short) in the notified areas under Hojai Sub-Divi sion. The petitioner as well as some similarly situated hawkers/retailers receiv ed their monthly allotment of the quota of Kerosene Oil till the month of Decemb er, 2006 and thereafter the allotment was discontinued from the month of January , 2007. Being aggrieved, the petitioner along with 83 Nos. of similarly situated persons approached this Court by filing a writ petition being WP(C) No. 464/201 0 praying for release of their monthly quota of Kerosene Oil. Issues involved be ing similar, this Court vide order dated 03.11.2010 has disposed of the writ pe tition in terms of the order passed in WP(C) No. 3890/2009. As per direction of this Court, the petitioner is required to approach the concerned authority afte r fulfilling the conditions for the purpose of issuance of the quota of Kerosene Oil and thereafter licensing authority to verify the same and release the quota of Kerosene Oil. Accordingly, the petitioner submitted the certified copy of th e aforesaid order before the appropriate authority and the authority i.e. the A dditional Deputy Commissioner-cum-Incharge, Sub-Divisional Officer (C), Hojai, S ankardev Nagar has passed an order on 25.01.2011. Operative portion of the same is quoted hereinbelow: Upon careful examination of all records, reports, Govt. guidelines, instruction s, judgment of cases, Orders of Deputy Commissioner, Nagaon and prayer petitions of the petitioners of the instant cases total 83 numbers of licensed S.K. Oil hawkers out of 84 numbers licensed hawkers which is made verification by the Foo d, Civil Supplies Official on the basis of the Order vide No. HJS.16/2010/- Date d nil against the Case No. WP(C)464/2010 is under consideration. Therefore, I Shri Munindra Sharma, ACS, Additional Deputy Commissioner cum I/C S ub-Divisional Magistrate, Hojai or Licensing Authority do hereby Order that, tot al 83 numbers of verified licensed Hawkers are allowed to renew their dealing li censes and the monthly allotment of S.K. Oil is also hereby released. The Asstt. Director, Food, Civil Supplies & Consumer Affairs, Hojai shall make process of renewal of the licenses as per Provisions of The Assam Public Distribution of A rticles Order 1982 who had fulfilled the conditions and found genuine on the fo regoing verification and make necessary arrangement for release the monthly quot a of S.K. Oil after observing necessary Govt. Guidelines vide letter No. FSA.7/9 1/18-A Dated 4th September/1993, subject to curtailment of detected bogus/ghost. Family Identity Cards as well as consumer cards, which is found on the verifica tion reports. The verification conducted in the whole Sub-Division headed by the Circle Officers, Revenue Circle Hojai/Lanka/Doboka along with Block Developmen t Officers under Hojai Sub-Division with the help of his subordinate Officers Vi de order No. HJS.34/2007-09/31 dated 08/03/2010 and HJS. 29/2010/- dated 15/07/2 010. This order comes into force with immediate effect. The petitioner along with others thereafter approached the concerned authority o ffering their arrear as well as current and renewal fees as per order dated 25.0 1.2011, but the respondent authorities have not taken any steps for release of t he quota of Kerosene Oil. But in case of some other hawkers, monthly quota of Ke rosine Oil has been released for the months of January, February, 2011. The peti tioner, finding no other alternative has again submitted a representation on 10. 02.2011 before the respondent No. 4 for releasing monthly quota of Kerosine Oil to the petitioner, as has been done in case of others. However, the same has not been disposed of till to date. Hence, being aggrieved, the petitioner has appro ached this Court with a limited prayer i.e. for a direction to the respondent No . 4 to dispose of the representation so submitted by him within a time frame. The learned state counsel appearing for the respondents has raised no objection to the prayer made by the learned counsel for the petitioner. Considering the matter in its entirety and the grievance raised in the writ peti tion, the Assistant Director, Food, Civil Supplies & Consumer Affairs, Hojai, is directed to dispose of the representation dated 10.02.2011 submitted by the pet itioner by passing a speaking order within a period of two (2) weeks from the da te of receipt of a certified copy of this order. The petitioner is at liberty to submit a fresh representation before the authority along with a copy of the wri t petition with the annexures appended thereto. It is needless to say that the o rder passed on the representation be communicated forthwith to the petitioner at his given address. It is further made clear that the authority would renew the license of the petitioner after proper verification and examination at an early date. With the aforesaid direction, the writ petition stands disposed of. No costs.