JUDGMENT

Krishna Rao, J. - The writ petition is directed against the order passed by Sub-Divisional Controller (F & S), Midnapur Sadar dt. 12.05.2015 wherein the request of the petitioner for grant of FPS license on compassionate ground is rejected.

The grandfather of the petitioner, Dulal Chandra Modal was the dealer of the ration shop at Sipoy Bazar, Midnapore, Kotwali, Paschim Medinipore. after the death of the grandfather of the petitioner, the license was transferred in the name of his son ashoke Kumar Mondal who was the father of the petitioner. The father of the petitioner died on 11.12.2014. The death of the father of the petitioner was duly reported to the Sub-Divisional Controller (F & S) on 12.12.2014. after the death of the father of the petitioner, the ration card of the shop of the father of the petitioner was tagged with the nearby M.R. dealer. On 08.05.2015, the petitioner had made an application to the respondent authorities for grant of the FPS license on compassionate ground on account of the death of his father. By a communication dt. 12.05.2015, the Sub-Divisional Controller (F & S) had informed the petitioner that the request of the petitioner is rejected on the