IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.3925 of 2007 JITENDRA KUMAR CHOUDHARY SON OF LATE CHANDRIKA CHOUDHARY, RESIDENT OF MOHALLA BARMASIA, P.S. KATIHAR DISTRICT KATIHAR. Versus 1. THE STATE OF BIHAR 2. THE DISTRICT MAGISTRATE, KATIHAR 3. THE DISTRICT CERTIFICATE OFFICER, KATIHAR 4. THE BRANCH MANAGER STATE BANK OF INDIA, BRANCH KATIHAR BAZAR, KATIHAR ----------- For the Petitioner: Mr. Mukesh Kumar Jha. For the respondent Bank : Mr. Arbind Kumar Jha. ----- 2 10/02/2010 Certificate Case no. 82 of 2000-01 was initiated against the petitioner by the District Certificate Officer, Katihar. The petitioner has challenged initiation of the proceeding primarily on two grounds that the details of the calculation is not being furnished by the Bank based on which the requisition for Certificate came to be made and secondly that his objection under section 9 of the Public Demand Recovery Act has not been decided by the Certificate Officer till date. Though, no counter affidavit has been filed on behalf of the respondent Bank, learned counsel representing the State Bank of India today hands over a duly certified copy of the statement of accounts to the learned counsel for the - 2 - petitioner in the present case. This answers his first objection. Let learned counsel for the petitioner make an endorsement about the receipt of the statement of accounts on the ordersheet. So far as decision on the objection of the petitioner is concerned, the Certificate Officer, Katihar would be well advised to decide the objection of the petitioner at the earliest and then the consequences will flow thereafter. This writ application stands disposed of in view of the above. AMIN (Ajay Kumar Tripathi, J.)