Patna High Court
Ram Lochan Yadav vs The State Of Bihar on 13 October, 2025
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.14958 of 2019
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Ram Lochan Yadav S/o Late Guddar Yadav Vill.- Tilauth, P.s.- Ghoghardiha,
Distt.- Madhubani
... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
1. The State of Bihar through the District Magistrate, Madhubani
2. The District Magistrate Madhubani
3. The District Supply Officer Madhubani
4. The Sub-Divisional Officer Phulpras, Distt.- Madhubani
5. The Block Supply Officer Ghoghardiha, Distt.- Madhubani
6. Sri Jailendra Kumar Yadav S/o Upendra Yadav vill.- Inarwa, P.o.- Jageshwar
Asthan, P.s.- Phulpras, Distt.- Madhubani
... ... Respondent/s
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Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Suraj Narain Yadav, Adv.
For the Respondent/s : Mr. S.Raza Ahmad (AAG-5)
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CORAM: HONOURABLE JUSTICE SMT. G. ANUPAMA CHAKRAVARTHY
ORAL JUDGMENT
Date : 13-10-2025
1. The writ petition is filed for the following
reliefs:-
"That this is an application for
issuance of a writ in the nature of
certiorari to quash the decision dated
25.02.2019
of the Selection Committee
for selection of the PDS Dealer for PDS
relating to Inarwa Gram Panchayat of the
Ghoghardiha Block, Madhubani, district,
whereby the candidature of the petitioner
has been rejected and recommendation
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for selection of the respondent No. 6 has
been made for PDS Dealer licence and
further for issuance of writ in the nature
of Mandamus and /or any other
appropriate writ, order or direction for the
licence of PDS Dealer of Inarwa Gram
Panchayat under Ghoghardiha Block,
District, Madhubani."
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
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."
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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
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
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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
authority. The delay in filing the
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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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Uploading Date 16.10.2025
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