Bijay Borah, S/o. Late Tulan Borah vs State of Assam, Rep. by the Commissioner and Secretary to the Government of Assam, Department of Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs

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2022 Supreme(Gau) 894

DEVASHIS BARUAH
Bijay Borah, S/o. Late Tulan Borah – Appellant
Versus
State of Assam, Rep. by the Commissioner and Secretary to the Government of Assam, Department of Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs – Respondent

Advocates Appeared:
For the Petitioners: Mr. R.C. Borpatra Gohain, Sr. Adv.; Mrs. S.B. Gohain, Mr. S.P. Sharma, Mr. S. Ahmed, Mr. S. Borthakur, Mr. D. Gogoi, Mr. M. Dutta, Mr. K.M. Bora, Mr. M. Islam, Mr. H.M. Ali, Mr. B.J. Mukherjee, Ms. R. Saha, Mr. H. Buragohain, Ms. D. Borgohain, Mr. P. Gohain, Ms. M. Sarmah, Ms. K. Baruah, Mr. R. Boruah, Mr. B. Gogoi, Mr. M. Biswas, Ms. M. Das, Mr. D. Das, Mr. R. Rahman, Mr. N. Ahmed, Mr. F.U. Barbhuiya, Mr. H. Ali, Ms. S. Das, Mr. P.K. Saharia, Mr. I.U. Choudhury, Dr. B. Ahmed, Mr. F.A. Laskar, Mr. J. Barman, Mr. H.I. Choudhury, Mr. S. Borthakur, Mr. G. Uddin, Ms. P. Adhikari, Mr. P.H. Konwar, Mr. N. Sarkar, Mr. P.K. Basu, Mr. N.M. Deka, Mr. U.J. Saikia, Mr. Chakravarty, Mr. S. Upadhay, Ms. A. Lala, Mr. U.N. Chattry, Mr. O. Laskar, Mr. A. Sarma, Mr. K. Kalita, Mr. Lentso, Mr. R.S. Mishra, Mr. K.J. Saikia, Mr. D. Hussain, Mr. R.A. Choudhury, Mr. B. Rahman, Mr. J.I. Mondal, Mr. J. Islam, Mr. A.N. Igbal, Mr. S.A. Hussain, Mr. D.J. Haloi, Mr. T.U. Laskar, Mr. ATH Ahmed, Mr. ABT, Haque, Mr. AFNU Ahmed, and Mr. K. Zaman.
For the Respondents:Mr. D. Saikia Advocate General, Assam and Mr. D. Nath, Senior Government Advocate.

JUDGMENT :

Heard Mr. R.C. Borpatra Gohain, the learned senior counsel assisted by Mrs. S. Borpatra Gohain along with all other counsels appearing on behalf of all the petitioners in the writ petitions. I have also heard Mr. D. Saikia, the learned Advocate General, Assam assisted Mr. D. Nath, the learned Senior Government Advocate for the State respondents.

2. The issue involved in the batch of the writ petitions relates to as to whether the action of the State Government in tagging the fair price shops having 50 or less than 50 ration cards to the nearest fair price shops is within the parameters of the Constitutional mandate. The stand of the respondent State is based upon that such measures are being taken to progressively undertake necessary reforms in the Targeted Public Distribution System in consonance with the National Food Security Act, 2013 (for short, the Act of 2013) and its implementation thereof.

3. For ascertaining as to whether the action of the respondent State is within the realm of the Constitutional mandate, it would be relevant to take note of the Act of 2013 a

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2022 Supreme(Gau) 894

DEVASHIS BARUAHBijay Borah, S/o. Late Tulan Borah – AppellantVersusState of Assam, Rep. by the Commissioner and Secretary to the Government of Assam, Department of Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs – Respondent

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DEVASHIS BARUAH
Bijay Borah, S/o. Late Tulan Borah – Appellant
Versus
State of Assam, Rep. by the Commissioner and Secretary to the Government of Assam, Department of Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs – Respondent