SATYA BRATA SANYAL, J.

1. This writ petition is directed for quashing the order dated 6-4-1988 passed by the Sub-divisional Officer, Sardar, Arrah, contained in Annx.-4, cancelling the coal dealers licence of the petitioner under the Bihar Trade Articles (Licences Unification) Order, 1984 (hereinafter referred to as the Unification Order).

2. The petitioner was granted a licence under Cl.4 of the Unification Order, on an application made by the petitioner to the licensing authority in Form A along with the fee, prescribed in Schedule IV. Being satisfied, the licensing authority granted licence to the petitioner to deal in coal and the licence bears the No. 196 of 1985. The said licence was renewed from time to time. The renewal fee for the year 1987 has also been deposited by the petitioner, Vide Letter No. 1032 dated 24-11-1987 (Annx.-2). 2-A. The Sub-divisional Officer issued a show cause notice to the petitioner to the effect that the petitioner in obtaining the aforesaid licence suppressed the fact that his father holds a coal licence. Holding of two licences by the members of the same family amounts to deprivation of employment for unemployed educated persons and, ther