JUDGMENT :

The present writ petition has been filed for quashing the order dated 16.05.2016 (Annexure-10 to the writ petition) passed by the respondent No.2 in Misc. Appeal No. 27 of 2014 as well the order as contained in memo No. 485 dated 27.08.2013 (Annexure-8 to the writ petition) passed by the respondent No.3 by which the license granted to the petitioner under Bihar Trade Articles (License Unification) Order, 2001 [hereinafter referred to as ‘the Order, 2001’] has been cancelled.

2. The factual background of the case, as stated in the writ petition, is that the petitioner was granted a license being license No. 18 of 1989 under the Bihar Trade Articles (License Unification) Order, 1984 [hereinafter referred to as ‘the Order, 1984’] in the year 1989 for running a fair price shop to sell and distribute various commodities such as kerosene oil, food grains, sugar, cooking oil and cloth at the price fixed by the government. After creation of the State of Jharkhand, all retail shopkeepers were required to apply for grant of fresh license under the Order, 1984 with respect to running fair price shop. The petitioner applied for the same and after due enquiry, he was granted a fresh li