IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.4196 of 2008 Md. Maksud Alam, son of Md. Masiruddin, village Sagunia, PS Kadwa, Dist. Katihar – Petitioner. Vs. 1) The State of Bihar, 2) The Collector, Katihar. 3) The Subdivisional Officer, Barsoi, Dist. Katihar. 4) The District Supply Inspector, Kadwa, Katihar – Respondents. 3 30.9.2011 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and the State. The petitioner is aggrieved by order, dated 2.6.1998 by which his license of fair price shop has been cancelled. Counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner was not given an opportunity to file a show cause. Annexure 3, on the other hand, reveals that in fact opportunity was granted to the petitioner to file a show cause which he did not avail. The case relates to the year, 1992. After the order contained in Annexure 3, the petitioner filed an appeal before the Collector. The Collector rejected the appeal on the ground of non-prosecution. The order passed in the appeal is dated 28.7.2000. The present writ petition has been filed in 2008 after a gap of about eight years without giving any explanation for the delay. It appears that the petitioner is in the habit of not appearing before the authorities concerned and in fact it was found that while he was conducting business as a P.D.S. dealer, he used to absent from the shop which led to the cancellation of his license. Considering the aforesaid facts, this court does not 2 find any ground for interference with the order impugned. This writ petition is dismissed. haque ( Sheema Ali Khan, J .)