WP(C) 2456/2011 BEFORE HE HON’BLE MR JUSTICE B.P. KATAKEY Heard Mr. Barua, learned senior counsel for the petitioner, Ms Seal, lea rned standing counsel, Excise Department appearing for the respondent No. 1 as w ell as Mr. RK Bora, learned State counsel appearing for the respondent No. 2. The grievance of the petitioner in the present petition is that though B ihpuria CS shop was settled in his favour vide order 20.2.2010 for a period of t hree years w.e.f. 1.4.2010 to 31.3.2013 and he offered to pay the annual license fee for the financial year 2011-2012 (w.e.f. 1.4.2011 to 31.3.2012), the said f ee has not been accepted by the respondents. The petitioner, therefore, prays fo r a direction to the respondent authorities to take the deposit of the license f ee offered by him. Ms Seal, learned standing counsel, Excise department, on the basis of th e instruction received, has submitted that since by earlier orders passed by the Board of Revenue the settlement order dated 20.2.2010 was set aside and the pre sent writ petitioner filed two writ petitions being WP(C) No. 2492/2010 and WP(C ) No. 73/2011 before this Court, which were pending at the relevant point of tim e, the annual license fee was not allowed to be deposited. Ms Seal, however, has submitted that since the aforesaid orders passed b y the Board of Revenue, which were put to challenge in WP(C) No. 2494/2010 and W P(C) No. 73/2011, have been set aside by this Court vide order dated 14.6.2011 w ith further direction to the Board of Revenue to dispose of the excise appeals p referred by the appellants therein, there is now no impediment in accepting the license fee from the petitioner. In view of the above, the present petition is disposed of directing the respondent authorities to accept the annual license fee from the petitioner for the financial year 2011-2012 (w.e.f. 1.4.2011 to 31.3.2012). The same shall be o ffered by the petitioner within one week from today. The writ petition is accordingly allowed to the extent indicated above. No cost.