Smti Ambuja Singh v. the State of Assam and 7 Ors.
Case brief
What is this about?
Gauhati High Court order 16.09.2025 in WP(C)/400/2025 by Justice Devashis Baruah. Petitioner Smti Ambuja Singh (Lakhipur, Cachar, Assam) vs State of Assam and 7 Ors (Chief Secretary; Additional Chief Secretary Food, Public Distribution and Consumer Affairs; Secretary Food and Civil Supplies; Commissioner; District Commissioner Cachar; SDO (Civil), Superintendent and Inspector, Lakhipur Sub-Division). Subject: suspension of fair price shop licence; de-tagging of beneficiaries to another fair price shop; appeal against suspension dismissed; appellate authority's order assailed in WP(C)No.735/2025; writ petition not entertained and closed with conditional direction tied to WP(C) No.735/2025. Counsel: I Alam for petitioner; SR Baruah, Govt. Advocate Assam, for respondents.
What did the court decide?
This Court was not inclined to entertain the present writ petition; the writ petition stands closed with a direction that, depending on the reliefs granted in WP(C) No.735/2025, appropriate orders would be passed if, in the circumstance, the petitioner's beneficiaries are de-tagged from the fair price shop.