IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.13650 of 2011 1. Santosh Kumar Poddar S/O Sarup Lal Poddar R/O Vill.-Kantiya, P.S.- Kadwa, Distt.-Katihar. 2. Umesh Bhagat S/O Late Hari Nandan Bhagat R/O Vill.-Bhogaon, P.S.- Kadwa, Distt.-Katihar. 3. Panna Lal San S/O Late Nawal Kishore Das R/O Vill.-Chandpur Parmaili, P.S.-Kadwa, Distt.-Katihar. 4. Saroj Kumar Rai S/O Late Nagendra Nath Rai R/O Vill. And P.O. Karhalia Bobra, P.S.-Kadwa, Distt.-Katihar. 5. Awadesh Poddar S/O Late Dev Narain Poddar R/O Vill.-Kursail, P.S.- Kadwa, Distt.-Katihar. 6. Smt. Malika Devi W/O Bachcha Lal Rai R/O Vill.-Shikarpur, P.S.-Kadwa, Distt.-Katihar. . . . . . Petitioner. Versus 1. The State Of Bihar. 2. The Principal Secretary, Rural Development Deptt., Govt. Of Bihar, Patna. 3. The Principal Secretary, Food And Civil Supplies, Govt. Of Bihar, Patna. 4. The District Development Commissioner, Katihar. 5. The Sub-Divisional Officer, Katihar. 6. The Block Development Officer, Block-Kadwa, Distt.-Katihar. 7. Programme Officer, Block Kadwa, Distt.-Katihar. . . Respondents. with CWJC No.13651 of 2011 1. Ashok Kumar Keshri S/O Late Sheo Nandan Keshri R/O Vill. And P.O. Azam Nagar, Distt. Katihar. 2. Janardan Prasad Bhagat S/O Late Satyanarain Prasad Bhagat R/O Vill. And P.O. Azam Nagar, Distt. Katihar. 3. Kanhaiya Mishra S/O Late Budhdhi Nath Mishra R/O Vill. Arihana, P.O. Azam Nagar, Distt. Katihar. 4. Banwari Yadav S/O Late Parsadiyadav R/O Vill.-Arihana, P.O. Azam Nagar, Distt. Katihar. 5. Sk. Allauddin S/O Late Kalimuddin R/O Vill. Harnagar, P.O. Belbari, P.S. Azam Nagar, Distt. Katihar. 6. Jullur Rahman S/O Late Mohammad Ali R/O Vill.-Deogaon, P.O. Kharsauta, P.S. Azam Nagar, Distt. Katihar. 7. Lakshmi Devi W/O Adchi Roy R/O Vill.-Mallikpur, P.O. Nimaul, P.S. Azam Nagar, Distt. Katihar. 8. Kanhai Chandra Das S/O Late Surendra Kumar Das R/O Vill.-Poula, P.S. Azam Nagar, Distt. Katihar. . . . . Petitioner. Versus 1. The State Of Bihar. 2. The Principal Secretary, Rural Development Deptt., Govt. Of Bihar, Patna. 3. The Principal Secretary, Food And Civil Supplies Deptt., Govt. Of Bihar, Patna. 4. The District Development Commissioner, Katihar. 5. The Sub-Divisional Officer, Katihar. 6. The Block Development Officer, Block-Kadwa, Distt.-Katihar. 7. Panchayat Rojgar Sevak, Narega Panchayat Arihana, Block Azam Nagar, Distt.-Katihar. 8. Panchayat Rojgar Sevak, Narega Panchayat Mallikpur, Block-Azam Nagar, Distt.-Katihar. . . . . . Respondents. ----------- 2 2/ 09.09.2011 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 area which has been devastated 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 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, if they want to deposit the value of rice or rice itself in excess of 15%. Uday/ (Samarendra Pratap Singh, J.)