Dismissed

Kalu Singh Chouhan v. State of Rajasthan

Rajasthan HC9 May 2023CW/7504/2022

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The High Court disposed of the writ petition and the accompanying stay application in identical terms to a coordinate bench in S.B. Civil Writ Petition No.206/2023 following the principle laid down in Siyaram Meena. The decision restricts the allotment of new Fair Price Shops until ration card and NFSA unit thresholds are met.

What did the court decide?

Disposed of in the same terms as S.B. Civil Writ Petition No.206/2023 (Shankarlal) and the stay application was disposed of.

Kalu Singh Chouhan Vs State of Rajasthan — Service and Employment | Rajasthan HC (2023)

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[2023/RJJD/014294]

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HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE FOR RAJASTHAN AT JODHPUR

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S.B. Civil Writ Petition No. 7504/2022

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Kalu Singh Chouhan S/o Kishan Singh Chouhan, Aged About 43 Years, Resident Of Village Kelijar, Gram Panchayat Kelijar, Bassi, Chittorgarh, Rajasthan.

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----Petitioner

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Versus

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State Of Rajasthan, Through Principal Secretary, Food And Civil Supply Department, Secretariat, Jaipur.

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District Collector, Chittorgarh.

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District Supply Officer, Food And Civil Supply Department, Dist. Chittorgarh.

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----Respondents

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For Petitioner(s)	: Mr.	Vikas Joshi
For Respondent(s)	: Mr.	Dinesh Jain

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HON'BLE DR. JUSTICE PUSHPENDRA SINGH BHATI

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Order

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09/05/2023

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Learned counsel for the petitioner has shown the order dated 01.02.2023 passed by Hon’ble coordinate Bench of this Court in S.B. Civil Writ Petition No.206/2023 ( Shankarlal & Ors. Vs. State of Rajasthan & Ors. ). The order reads as under:-

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“Learned counsel for the parties have submitted that the controversy involved in this writ petition is squarely covered by the decision of this Court dated 10.12.2012 rendered in S.B. Civil Writ Petition No.11913/2012 - Siyaram Meena Vs. State of Rajasthan & Ors.

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In the case of Siyaram Meena (supra), this Court has held thus:-

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"Consequently, I would dispose of the writ petition with the direction that until 500 ration cards are attached to Fair Price Shop being rub by the petitioner, no other new Fair Price Shop in the area be allotted to any other person. Thereafter the respondents shall be free to allot

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new Fair Price Shops in the area where the petitioner is operating."

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The present writ petition is disposed of in the light of the aforesaid judgment and it is directed that until number of ration cards to the fair price shops exceed 500 and 2000 units of NFSA, no new Fair Price Shop shall be allotted. If the number of ration cards exceeds 500 and 2000 units of NFSA, then the respondents shall be free to allot license for new Fair Price Shops. Stay application also stands disposed of.”

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In light of the aforequoted order, the present writ petition is

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also disposed of in the same terms.

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The stay application also stands disposed of.

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(DR.PUSHPENDRA SINGH BHATI), J.

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130-nirmala/-

Kalu Singh Chouhan v. State of Rajasthan

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