IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.14929 of 2010 Om Prakash Gupta, Son of Shri Chedi Prasad Gupta, resident of Village- Kahalgaon, P.O. Kahalgaon, P.S. Kahalgaon, District- Bhagalpur.....................................................................................Petitioner. Versus 1. The State of Bihar. 2. The Block Development Officer, Kahalgaon, Bhagalpur. 3. The Programme Officer, Kahalgaon, Bhagalpur. 4. The Block Supply Officer, Kahalgaon, Bhagalpur. 5. The Secretary, Department of Food and Civil Supply, Government of Bihar, Patna……………………………………………..Respondents. ---------------------------------- with Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.14934 of 2010 Abhay Kumar Sah, S/O Indradeo Prasad Sah, resident of Ward No. 14, Purab Tola, Kahalgaon, P.S. Kahalgaon, District-Bhagalpur.......Petitioner. Versus 1. The State of Bihar. 2. The Block Development Officer, Kahalgaon, Bhagalpur. 3. The Programme Officer, Kahalgaon, Bhagalpur. 4. The Block Supply Officer, Kahalgaon, Bhagalpur. 5. The Secretary, Department of Food and Civil Supply, Government of Bihar, Patna…………………………………………….Respondents. ---------------------------------- with Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.14961 of 2010 Pashupati Nath Gupta, S/O Late Ram Prasad Gupta, resident of Mohalla- Kali Ghat Road, P.O. Kahalgaon, P.S. Kahalgaon, District- Bhagalpur………………………………………………………..Petitioner. Versus 1. The State of Bihar. 2. The Block Development Officer, Kahalgaon, Bhagalpur. 3. The Programme Officer, Kahalgaon, Bhagalpur. 4. The Block Supply Officer, Kahalgaon, Bhagalpur. 5. The Secretary, Department of Food and Civil Supply, Government of Bihar, Patna……………………………………….Respondents. ---------------------------------- with Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.14968 of 2010 Shashi Ranjan Jayswal, S/O Late Prasad Bhagat, resident of Mohalla- Nadiya Tola, Ward No. 10, Kahalgaon, P.S. Kahalgaon, District- Bhagalpur………………………………………………………..Petitioner. Versus 2 1. The State of Bihar. 2. The Block Development Officer, Kahalgaon, Bhagalpur. 3. The Programme Officer, Kahalgaon, Bhagalpur. 4. The Block Supply Officer, Kahalgaon, Bhagalpur. 5. The Secretary, Department of Food and Civil Supply, Government of Bihar, Patna………………………………………..…..Respondents. -------- For the petitioners: Mr. D. N.Tiwari, Advocate. For the State : Mr. J.C. to S.C. 2. -------- 3. 23.12.2011. Learned counsel for the petitioners is permitted to implead the Principal Secretary, Food and Civil Supply Department, Government of Bihar, Patna as respondent no. 5 in all these cases. These cases will be covered by the order passed in C.W. J.C. No. 13676 of 2009 disposed of on 04.11.2011 and the order passed in C.W.J.C. No. 8609 of 2009 disposed of on 21.10.2011 respectively. The impugned orders contained in Memo Nos. 197 dated 18.08.2010, 200 dated 18.08.2010, 191 dated 18.08.2010 and 202 dated 18.08.2010 respectively passed by the Programme Officer, Kahalgaon, Bhagalpur, making demand for payment of cash amount, in view of food grains stored with the petitioners are hereby quashed. These writ applications are allowed 3 to the extent mentioned in the orders aforesaid. U. K. ( Sheema Ali Khan, J)