IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.12866 of 2011 1. Braj Kishore Jha S/O Late Bal Krishan Jha R/O Vill.-+Post- Bhramarpur, P.S.- Bihpur, Distt.- Bhagalpur Versus 1. The State Of Bihar Through The Deputy Development Commissioner District And Village Development Agency, Bhagalpur, Distt.- Bhagalpur 2. The District Magistrate Bhagalpur 3. The Sub-Divisional Officer Naugachia, Distt.- Bhagalpur 4. The Block Development Officer Narayanpur, Distt.- Bhagalpur with CWJC No.12870 of 2011 Sudhir Mandal (Kumar) S/O Late Munni Lal Mandal R/O Shahpur, P.O.- Narayanpur, P.S.- Bihpur, Distt.- Bhagalpur Versus 1. The State Of Bihar Through The Deputy Development Commissioner District And Village Development Agency, Bhagalpur, Distt.- Bhagalpur 2. The District Magistrate Bhagalpur, Distt.- Bhagalpur 3. The Sub-Divisional Officer Naugachia, Distt.- Bhagalpur 4. The Block Development Officer Narayanpur, Distt.- Bhagalpur with CWJC No.12962 of 2011 Hari Shankar Jha S/O Late Ram Narain Jha R/O Vill. + P.O. Chakrami, P..S- Bihpur, Distt.- Bhagalpur Versus 1. The State Of Bihar Through The Deputy Development Commissioner, District And Village Development Agency, Bhagalpur Distt.- Bhagalpur 2. The District Magistrate, Bhagalpur Distt.- Bhagalpur 3. The Sub-Divisional Officer, Naugachia Distt.- Bhagalpur 4. The Block Development Officer, Narayanpur Distt.- Bhagalpur with CWJC No.12978 of 2011 Arbind Choudhary S/O Late Ayodhya Choudhary R/O Vill.-Navtolia, P.O. Narayanpur, P.S. Bihpur, Distt.-Bhagalpur. Versus 1. The State Of Bihar Through The Deputy Development Commissioner, Distt. And Vill. Development Agency, Bhagalpur, Distt. Bhagalpur. 2. The District-Magistrate, Bhagalpur, Distt. Bhagalpur. 3. The Sub Divisional Officer, Naugachia, Distt. Bhagalpur. 4. The Block Development Officer, Narayanpur, Distt.-Bhagalpur. with CWJC No.12990 of 2011 Sheo Nandan Singh S/O Late Deep Narayan Singh R/O Vill.-Nagar Para, P.O.-Nagarpara, P.S.-Bihpur, Distt.-Bhagalpur. Versus 1. The State Of Bihar Through The Deputy Developmet Commissioner, District And Vill. Development Agency, Bhagalpur, Distt. Bhagalpur. 2. The District-Magistrate, Bhagalpur, Distt. Bhagalpur. 3. The Sub Divisional Officer, Naugachia, Distt. Bhagalpur. 4. The Block Development Officer, Narayanpur, Distt.-Bhagalpur. With 2 CWJC No.12296 of 2011 Krishnadeo Singh S/O Balram Singh R/O Vill.+P.S.- Dhokraha, P.S.- Majhaulia, Distt.- West Chamapran Versus 1. The State Of Bihar through the Deputy Development Commissioner District Village Development Agency, West Champaran, West Champaran 2. The Block Development Officer Null Majhaulia, West Champaran with CWJC No.12666 of 2011 Pramod Sokhait S/O Late Bhagirath Sokhait R/O Village - Sahariya, P.O. - Laxmipur Bheriyari , P.S. - Balmikinagar, District - West Champaran Versus 1. The State Of Bihar through Deputy Development Commissioner, District Village Development Agency, Bettiah, District - West Champaran 2. The Sub Divisional Officer, Bagaha, District - West Champaran with CWJC No.12684 of 2011 Paras Khatait @ Parasnath Khatait @ Parasnath Khatait, Son of Sri Ramlal Khatait, Resident of Village- Devtaha, P.O.-Gonauli, P.S.-Naurangia, District- West Champaran. Versus 1. The State Of Bihar through Deputy Development Commissioner, District Village Development Agency, Bettiah, District - West Champaran 2. The Sub Divisional Officer, Bagaha, District - West Champaran with CWJC No.12739 of 2011 Sandeep Kumar Gupta S/O Late Ramashankar Prasd R/O Vill.- Dardari, P.O.- Naurangia, P..S- Balmikinagar, Distt.- West Champaran Versus 1. The State Of Bihar Through The Deputy Developmetn Commissioner, District Village Development Agency, Betia Distt.- West Champaran 2. The Sub-Divisional Officer, Bagaha, Distt.- West Champaran with CWJC No.12864 of 2011 Hare Ram Sharma S/O Late Jai Narayan Sharma R/O Vill.- Madhurapur, P.O.- Narayanpur, P.S.- Bihpur, Distt.- Bhagalpur Versus 1. The State Of Bihar Through The Deputy Development Commissioner District And Village Development Agency, Bhagalpur, Distt.- Bhagalpur 2. The District Magistrate Bhagalpur 3. The Sub-Divisional Officer Naugachia, Distt.- Bhagalpur 4. The Block Development Officer Narayanpur, Distt.- Bhagalpur with CWJC No.13152 of 2011 Bindeshwari Das S/o Late Sukhdeo Das resident of Village Bhawanipur, P.O. Nagarpara, P.S.- Bihpur, District- Bhagalpur. Versus 1. The State Of Bihar through The Deputy Development Commissioner District And Village Development Agency, Bhagalpur, Distt.- Bhagalpur 2. The District Magistrate Bhagalpur 3. The Sub-Divisional Officer Naugachia, Distt.- Bhagalpur 4. The Block Development Officer Narayanpur, Distt.- Bhagalpur. 3 ----------- 2/ 17.08.2011 The petitioners, who are licensee under the Public Distribution System (Control) Order, 2001 pray for quashing the memo issued by the concerned authorities, directing refund of value of undistributed rice under 50 % and 30 % of Sampurna Gramin Rojgar Yojana in between the years 2002 to 2006 at APL rate. The petitioners submit that their location fall in an area which has been affected by flood in 2007. Earlier similar matters had come up before this Court in C.W.J.C. No. 711 of 2011 (Awadh Prasad Singh Vs. The State of Bihar & Ors.) & C.W.J.C. No. 757 of 2011 (Suresh Prasad @ Raj Kumar Vs. The State of Bihar & Ors.). The aforesaid writ applications have been disposed of by order dated 06.07.2011 after noticing the submissions of learned counsel for the parties. As the facts and issues are common, the order dated 06.07.2011 passed in C.W.J.C. No. 711 of 2011 and C.W.J.C. No. 757 of 2011 would also govern in these writ applications as well. All the writ applications are accordingly disposed of in terms of the order dated 06.07.2011 passed in C.W.J.C. No. 711 of 2011 and C.W.J.C. No. 757 of 2011 including interim protection as mentioned therein, with the condition that the petitioners would either deposit 15% of the value of undistributed rice at Rs.10 per Kg or the rice itself in present form within ten weeks from today. This order would not come in the way of petitioners 4 and other dealers similarly placed, if they want to deposit the value of rice or rice itself in excess of 15 %. Uday/ (Samarendra Pratap Singh, J.)