In a writ petition, Petitioner stamp vendors challenged non-renewal of their license. The Court held the only relief was to permit them to approach the licensing authority for redressal of grievances and disposed of the petition with liberty.
Relief granted to approach the licensing authority for redressal of grievance.
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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.13145 of 2012
| ====================================================== Pramod Kumar Verma S/O Late Ramchandra Prasad R/O Vill.- Mufuktar Haveli Kharagpur, P.S. Haveli, Kharagpur, District- Munger Petitioner/s Versus 1. The State Of Bihar 2. The District Magistrate, Munger 3. The Stamp Deputy Collector, Munger 4. The District Sub-Registrar, Munger 5. The Treasury Officer, Munger 6. The S.D.O., Haveli Kharagpur .... .... Respondents ====================================================== |
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Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr. P.L.Jaiswal and R.K.Goswami, Advocates For the Respondent/s : Mr.K.K.Sharma, AC to SC 22 =================================================== |
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CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SAMARENDRA PRATAP SINGH ORAL ORDER |
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-08-2015 The petitioner and others, who happen to be stamp |
| vendors, have been asked explanation before renewing their licence for the reason that they lifted stamps below Rs. 80,000/- in their personal capacity. |
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| Counter affidavit has been filed on behalf of respondents stating that due to chances of installation of franking machine and other computerization facilities, the work of stamp vendors |
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| Having regard to the facts and circumstances of the case, the only relief can be granted to the petitioner is to allow him to approach the licensing authority for redressal of his grievance. The writ petition is disposed of with the liberty to the |
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| petitioner as above. | |
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(Samarendra Pratap Singh, J) |
1 issue framed by the court
Whether the stamp vendors can approach the licensing authority for redressal of their grievance after refusal of licence renewal.
Pramod Kumar Verma
State Of Bihar
Samarendra Pratap Singh
As recorded by the court registry
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