ORAL JUDGMENT

(Per: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE P. B. BAJANTHRI)

Date : 16-01-2024 In the instant writ petition, the petitioner has prayed for the following relief(s):

“(i) For issuance of writ of certiorari, quashing the communication dated 13.06.2017, as contained in letter no.2556 passed by the Excise Commissioner, Bihar and communicated to the Deputy Commissioner of Excise (Distillery & Warehouses), Bihar, by which the application of the petitioner for refund of the advance license fee deposited for the month of March, 2015 and the license fee from 23.09.2015 to 30.09.2015 totalling Rs.8,34,973.00 has been rejected solely on the ground that the Hon’ble Patna High Court vide its judgment and order dated 29.03.2016 passed in C.W.J.C. No.15685 of 2015 has merely directed for restoration of the license;

(ii) To direct the respondents to refund the aforesaid amount of Rs.8,34,973.00 along with interest @ 18% per annum from the date of its deposit to the date of its actual refund;

(iii) To pass such other writ(s), order(s), direction(s) as your Lordships may deem fit and proper in the facts and circumstances of the case.”

2. On 20.01.2021, the following order was passed:

“Heard in part.

Let coun