Patna High Court
Nawal Kishor Ram vs The State Of Bihar And Ors on 29 August, 2025
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.24943 of 2018
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Nawal Kishor Ram S/O Ramjeet Ram, Res/ vill - Ashafisav Tola Ward No. -
10, P.S. Turkaliya Panchayet Turkaliya, Distt. - East Champaran.
... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
1. The State Of Bihar through Principal Secretary Food and Consumer
Protection Deptt. State of Bihar, Patna
2. The District magistrate Mothihari, East Champaran Cum chairman, District
Selection Committe, Motiha
3. The S.D.O Sardar Mothihari, East Champaran cum Member D.S.C.
Motihari.
4. The District Supply officer Motihari East Champaran, cum Member, DSC,
Motihari.
5. The Senior Dy Collector, Motihari cum member D.S.C, Motihari.
6. The District corporatvie officer, Motihari cum D.S.C, Motihari.
7. The SDO, Chakia, Arerarj Sikharhaua, Raxaul, pakridyel cum member DSC,
MOtihari.
8. Kundan Kumar S/O Shiv naranyan Ram, Res/ Vill. PUrwaritola, Ward no. 7,
P.S. Turkaliya Distt - East
... ... Respondent/s
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Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s : Mr.Rajesh Kumar
For the Respondent/s : Mr.S.Raza Ahmad -Aag5
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CORAM: HONOURABLE JUSTICE SMT. G. ANUPAMA CHAKRAVARTHY
ORAL JUDGMENT
Date : 29-08-2025
1. The Writ petition is filed for the following
reliefs:-
"(i) For issuance of an
appropriate Writ/Writs order/orders
direction to quash the order of District
Selection Committee presided by D.M.
Motihari-cum-President District
Selection Committee, East Champaran
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dated 27.10.2018 (respondent No. 2 at
(Kundan Kumar) has been selected for
PDS license in Turkauliya West Gram
Panchayat, East Champaran, Motihari.
It is further prayed to direct the
respondents to appoint the petitioner
for PDS license in Turkauliya West Gram
Panchayat, Motihari.
(ii). It is further prayed to stay
the order of issuing PDS license to
respondent No. 8 (Kundan Kumar) till
final decision of the case.
(iii) For issuance of any other
relief/reliefs as your Lordship may
deem fit and proper for ends of justice.
2. At this juncture, the Learned counsel for
the respondents contended that Section 32(iii) of the
Bihar Targeted Public Distribution System (Control)
Order, 2016 provides for the provision of appeal and
Section 32(vi) of the Bihar Targeted Public
Distribution System (Control) Order, 2016 provides
for the provision of revision. Section 32(iii) 32(v) and
32(vi) read as follows:
"32 (iii). Any person aggrieved
by an order of the licensing authority
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denying the issue or renewal of the
license to the fair price shop owner or
cancellation of the license may appeal to
the District Officer within thirty days of
the date of receipt of the order and the
District Magistrate shall, as far as
practicable, dispose the appeal within a
period of sixty days."
32. (v) Till the disposal of appeal
pending, the Appellate Authority may
direct that the order under appeal shall
not take effect for such period as the
authority may consider necessary for
giving a reasonable opportunity to the
other party under sub-clause (4) or until
the appeal is disposed of, whichever is
earlier.
(vi) Due to non disposal of the
appeal within sixty days by the District
Officer or against the order passed in the
appeal, a revision may be filed before
the Divisional Commissioner. The
revision shall be disposed of within two
months.
3. Admittedly, from the reliefs prayed for in
the Writ petition, it is evident that the petitioner has
an alternative remedy under the provisions of Bihar
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Targeted Public Distribution System (Control) Order,
2016.
4. The remedy available under the Act is to
prefer an appeal before the District Magistrate. As
the District Magistrate is the head of the Selection
Committee, he cannot review his orders in an
appeal. Therefore, the petitioner is directed to file a
complaint/application before the Divisional
Commissioner.
5. The Learned counsel for the petitioner
contended that he intends to file a
complaint/application before the concerned
authority, but the limitation period for filing the
same has lapsed. He prayed for a direction to the
concerned authority to entertain the same in
accordance with Section 5 of the Limitation Act.
6. Taking into consideration that the
petitioner has an alternative remedy for filing
complaint/application, the Writ petition is disposed
of with a direction to the petitioner to file
complaint/application within one month from the
date of receipt of this order before the concerned
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authority. The delay in filing the complaint/
application shall be condoned by the authority
concerned, and the authority shall dispose of the
same within three months from the date of filing of
the same.
7. With the above said observation, the Writ
petition is disposed of.
8. Interlocutory Application(s), if any, shall
stand disposed of.
(G. Anupama Chakravarthy, J)
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