IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.7700 of 2001 LALBABU SINGH son of late Deomuni Singh resident of village Bajarayan PS Sahar, at present posted as Asstt. Manager, State Food Corporation at Chapra ….Petitioner Versus 1. THE STATE OF BIHAR 2. The Pramukh Dawa Bihar State Food & Civil Supplies Corporation Ltld. Sone Bhawan, Birchand Patel Path, Patna 3. The Managing Director, Bihar State Civil Supplies Corporation Ltd. Sone Bhawan, Birchand Patel Path, Patna 4. The District Manager, State Food Corporation at Chapra …Respondents ----------- 11- 24.2.2010 None appears on behalf of the petitioner. Heard Mr. Baidyanath Thakur for respondent no.1, and Mr.Rama Shankar Prasad for the respondent Corporation and its functionaries. This writ petition is directed against the order dated 22.7.2000 (Annexure 3), passed by the respondent Bihar State Food and Civil Supplies Corporation Limited, whereby he was called upon to deposit a sum of Rs.1,73,664.25p. to make good the losses to the Corporation. The respondents have placed on record their counter affidavit. 2. We have perused the materials on record and considered the submissions of the learned counsel for the respondents. It appears that the petitioner was at the relevant point of time posted as Assistant Manager at the corporation’s branch, at Saran, Chapra. It was noticed that during various periods of his posting, there was shortage of the stocks, and causing loss to the Corporation. After a thorough stock-taking, the losses to the Corporation were quantified at Rs.1,73,664.25p. by the impugned order. Half of the amount was to be deposited 2 within a period of two weeks, and the balance amount was to be deposited in two equal instalments over a period of two months. It further appears to us that, prior to the issuance of the impugned order, the Corporation had issued a show-cause notice to the petitioner to which he did not submit any reply leading to the impugned order. Therefore, the same cannot be faulted. 3. The writ petition is dismissed. ( S K Katriar ) mrl