IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.18287 of 2022 ====================================================== Purushottam Baitha S/o Devnandan Baitha, R/o Village- Bardi Kala, P.O.- Rampur, P.S. Barun, District- Aurangabad, Bihar. ... ... Petitioner/s Versus 1. The State of Bihar through the Principal Secretary, Food and Civil Supply Department, Government of Bihar, Old Secretariat, Patna. 2. The District Magistrate-cum- Collector, Aurangabad, Bihar. 3. The S.D.O. Aurangabad, Bihar. 4. The District Supply Officer, Aurangabad, Bihar. 5. The Block Supply Officer, Barun, Aurangabad, Bihar. 6. Ranjeet Kumar Singh, PDS Dealer, Village- Madanpur, P.S. Barun, District- Aurangabad, Bihar. ... ... Respondent/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Lal Bahadur Singh, Adv. For the Respondent/s : Mr. Arvind Ujjwal (SC-4) ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE JUSTICE SMT. G. ANUPAMA CHAKRAVARTHY ORAL JUDGMENT Date : 14-07-2026 1. Heard the Learned counsel for the petitioner as well as the Learned counsel for the respondents. 2. The Writ petition is filed to direct the concerned respondent authority to conduct an independent enquiry with respect to the distribution of food grains to the consumers of Panchayat Bardi Khurd, village- Bardikala, P.S.- Barun, District- Aurangabad, Bihar, by the PDS Patna High Court CWJC No.18287 of 2022 dt.14-07-2026 2/3 dealer (Respondent No. 6), who is deliberately and willingly distributing lesser quantity of inferior food grains to the consumers. 3. It is the specific contention of the Learned counsel for the petitioner that the petitioner is one of the consumers of the PDS shop of Respondent No. 6 and has grievance regarding the distribution of lesser quantity of food grains to the consumers. He further submits that the petitioner made an application before the District Supply Officer; however, despite the said representation, no action has been taken. Therefore, the petitioner was constrained to file the present Writ petition. 4. It is noticed that there is no impugned order in the present case. The concerned authority for receiving complaints against any PDS Dealer and taking appropriate action is the District Magistrate. Therefore, without going into merit of the case, this Court directs the petitioner to file an appropriate application before the District Magistrate within a period of one month from the Patna High Court CWJC No.18287 of 2022 dt.14-07-2026 3/3 date of receipt of this order. In turn, the District Magistrate shall conduct a proper enquiry and, after hearing the petitioner, shall pass an appropriate order within a period of three months from the date of filing of the application. 5. With the above said observation, the Writ petition is disposed of. 6. Interlocutory Application(s), if any, shall stand disposed of. Aryan/- (G. Anupama Chakravarthy, J) AFR/NAFR NAFR CAV DATE N/A Uploading Date 15.07.2026 Transmission Date