HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE CHHATTISGARH : BILASPUR SiNGLE BENCH : HON'BLE SHRI S.R. NAYAK, CJ. Writ Petition No.4207 OF 2006 PETITIONER Vs. Om Prathamik Sahkari Upbhokta Bahndar Maryadit Kailash Chowk Kumharpa Ward No.23, Bhilai, District - Durg, Chhattisgarh. Through - Its Vice-President, Kapildev, S/o. Shri FAKIR Chand, Aged about 38 years, R/o. Ward No.23, Kailash Chowk, Kumharpara, Bhilai District- Durg Chhattisgarh. RESPONDENTS 1. State of Chhattisgarh, Through The ChiefSecretary, Stete of Chhattisgarh, DKS Bhawan, Mantrataya, Raipur (C.G.) 2. TheSecretary Department of Civil Supplies, State of Chhattisgarh. 3. The Sub-Divisional OfRcer, (REVENUE) Sub-Division, Durg Chhattisgarh. 4. The Collector, (FOOD) Govt. of Chhattisgarh, Durg - 491 002. (C.G.) Present: Shri B.P. Rao, learned counsel for the petitioner. Shri Yashwant Singh, learned G.A., for the State and its authorities ORAL ORDER (Passed on 11'" August, 2006) The case of the petitioner, in brief, is that in pursuance of the notiflcation issued by the first respondent calling for applications from the eligible candidates for grant of authorization to establish and run a fair price shop at Kailash Chowk, Kumharpara, Ward No.23, Bhilai, Distt. Durg, the petitioner has submitted an application. The complaint of the petitioner is that the application is not yet considered by respondents 3 and 4 who are empowered to grant authorization. It is not the case of the petitioner that keeping the petitioner's application pending, respondents 3 and 4 considered the applications of others and granted authorization to establish and run a fair price shop at Kailash Chowk, Kumharpara, Ward No.23, Bhilai, Distt. Durg. It is not the vested right of the petitioner that respondents 3 and 4 should grant authorization as sought for. When respondents 3 and 4 proceed to grant authorization to establish and run a fair price shop at Kailash Chowk, Kumharpara, Ward No.23, Bhitai, Distt. Durg, they are required to consider all applications received by them with regard to the above shop and grant authorization to a most suitable candidate keeping in mind the public interest. That stage is not yet reached. The wr'rt petition is, therefore, dismissed subject to the above observations. Nocosts. ^ ~ --- Chief Justice