1. The petitioner was hold-ins a wholesale foodgrain dealers licence granted by the District Magistrate, Monghyr, under the Bihar Foodgrains Licensing Order, 1967 hereinafter called the Licensing Order. A notice dated the 20th of August, 1968, a copy of which is Annexure 1 to the writ application, was issued to the petitioner by the District Supply Officer, Monghyr to show cause why its wholesale dealers licence should not be cancelled for its failure to submit the fortnightly returns for the fortnights ending on 15th April, 15th May and 15th June, 1968. The petitioner filed its show cause petition dated 2-9-1968 before the District Supply Officer, Monghyr, a copy of which is Annexure 2 to the writ application. In this show cause petition it took the stand that it had sent the quarterly returns in question through post under postal certificates. The District Supply Officer gave hearing to a representative of the petitioner on 25-3-1969, as stated in his communication dated 4-6-1969 (Annexure 3). Thereafter, in the said communication, he informed the petitioner that from the statement of its representative it appeared that it was not dealing in foodgrain, at one time it did