"we find no reason to pass any further order in the present matter": Acting Chief Justice Sudhir Singh

In Ajay Kumar vs. The State of Bihar through the Chief Secretary, Government of Bihar & Ors. (2025), Patna High Court's Division Bench of Acting Chief Justice Sudhir Singh and Justice Rajesh Kumar Verma delivered a 2-page long judgement dated November 1, 2025, wherein, it concluded:"3. Since the matter has already been considered by the authority concerned, we find no reason to pass any further order in the present matter. The same stands disposed off." This was the eighth judgement authored by Acting Chief Justice Sudhir Singh.  

The other eight respondents were: The Additional Chief Secretary, Food and Consumer Department, Bihar, Additional Chief Secretary, Co-operative Department, Bihar, District Magistrate, East Champaran, Motihari, District Co-operative Officer, East Champaran, Motihari, Block Co-operative Officer, Sadar Motihari, East Champaran, Bihar State Food and Civil Supply Corporation Ltd. through its Managing Director, District Manager, Bihar State Food and Civil Supply Corporation Ltd, East Champaran at Motihari and Umesh Prasad, Chairman of Uttari Dhekaha PACS, East Champaran. 

The petitioner had prayed for a direction to the respondent concerned to enquire into the irregularity and misappropriation of the government money by Respondent No.9 (Chairman of Uttari Dhekaha PACS) in procurement of Paddy at minimum support price during the Financial Year 2020-21 to 2024-25 in as much as the Procurement of Paddy has been shown in the name of Farmers who are landless labourers or in other ways by committing fraud the funds have been misappropriated in the name of Procurement of Paddy but neither the Respondent BSFC nor the concerned Department of Government of Bihar is taking any heed on this issue in spite of the complaint made by the petitioner. It was submitted by the counsel for the petitioner that a complaint was made before the Managing Director, Bihar State Food and Civil Supply Corporation, Ltd. The matter was already looked into by the concerned Officer and an order was passed.