IN THE HIGH COURT AT CALCUTTA Constitutional Writ Jurisdiction Appellate Side Present: - Hon’ble Mr. Justice Subhendu Samanta.

IN THE MATTER OF WPA 24522 of 2024 Md. Asraful Islam.

Vs.

The State of West Bengal & Ors.

For the Petitioner : Mr. Debabrata Saha Roy, Sr. Adv., Mr. R.A Agarwal, Adv.

Mr. Ananda Gopal Mukherjee, Adv.

For the State : Mr. Sirsanya Bandopadhyay, Adv., Mr. Ritesh Kr. Ganguly Adv.

Reserved on : 25.08.2025 Judgment on : 26.09.2025 Subhendu Samanta, J.

1. Petitioner has been running a fair price shop dealership by the strength of license issued by the concerned Sub- Divisional Controller, Food and Supply, under the Provisions of West Bengal Public Distribution System, (Maintenance & Control Order), 2013. His shop-cum godown was inspected on 25.06.2024. Next day one show cause notice was served upon him on 26th June 2024. He replied said show cause notice on 4th July, 2024, he was given a personal hearing on 12th July, 2024 after the said personal hearing vide an order dated 30th July, 2024, Sub-Divisional Controller, Food & Supply imposed a penalty of Rs.-7,85,61,044/- in exercise of power conferred u/s 24A (2) of West Bengal, WBPDS, M&C Order 13. Petitioner was directed