Jatinder Kumar v. State of Punjab and Ors.
Case brief
What is this about?
Fair price shop licence cancellation challenged in writ petition CWP-7750-2025 (Punjab and Haryana High Court, Chandigarh, decided 20.03.2025) by Jatinder Kumar, depot holder, against State of Punjab; impugned order dated February 27, 2025 by District Controller Food Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs, District Faridkot (Annexure P-9); cancellation alleged arbitrary and illegal; petition disposed of with liberty to pursue alternative efficacious statutory remedy of appeal; bench: Lapita Banerji, J.; advocates: Sahil Goel for petitioner, Brijesh AAG Punjab for respondents.
What did the court decide?
Liberty to the petitioner to avail of the alternative, efficacious statutory remedy (appeal); connected applications, if any, also disposed of accordingly. ¶15