Shashank Kumar Singh, J.

1. In this writ application filed under Art. 226 of the Constitution of India, prayer made by the petitioner is to quash the order dated 12.7.2005 (Annexure-8) whereby the prayer made by the petitioner for renewal of the licence has been rejected.

2. Shorn of unnecessary details, facts giving rise to the present application are that the Excise Commissioner, Bihar, Patna by order dated 18.3.2002 granted approval for grant of one additional wholesale licence to vend India made foreign liquor, hereinafter referred to IMFL for the district of Begusarai. One Prem Lal Gupta challenged the same by filing a writ application before this Court. During the pendency of the said writ application, petitioner was granted the licence. The Division Bench of this Court in the case of Prem Lata Gupta V/s. The State of Bihar and Ors. 2002 (3) PLJR 769, allowed the writ application and quashed the grant of additional licence to vend IMFL at Begusarai. As regards the validity of the grant of licence to the petitioner, this Court observed as follows :

24.-xxx As we are not approving the recommendations dated 13.2.2002 and are wishing to quash the orders passed by the comm