IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.13434 of 2011 Shankar Singh son of late Nageshwar Singh, resident of Village-Saidpur Mataiya, P.S.-Vaishali, District-Vaishali at Hajipur. .........Petitioner Versus 1. The State Of Bihar through its Secretary. 2. District Magistrate, Vaishali at Hajipur. 3. The Certificate Officer, Vaishali. 4. The Branch Manager, Central Bank of India, Branch Vaishali. .......Respondents ---------------------------------- 02 28.09.2011 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned counsel for the respondents. 2. This writ petition has been filed by the petitioner challenging notice dated 27.06.2011, issued by the Certificate Officer, Vaishali at Hajipur under section 7 of the Bihar and Orissa Public Demand Recovery Act, 1914 (hereinafter referred to as ‘the Act’ for the shake of brevity). 3. Against such notice, an application is provided under section 9 of the Act to be filed before the said authority but without filing any such application, the petitioner has moved this Court. 4. In the said circumstance, this writ petition is disposed of with a liberty to the petitioner to file an application under section 9 of the Act within three weeks from today. If such an application is filed by the petitioner alongwith a copy of this - 2 - order, the said authority shall consider the same and decide it in accordance with law expeditiously. Safik (S.N.Hussain, J.)