IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH CWP No. 2842 of 2010 Date of Decision: 25.02.2011 Amarjit Singh ...Petitioner Versus State of Punjab and others ..Respondents. CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RANJAN GOGOI, CHIEF JUSTICE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE JASWANT SINGH 1. Whether Reporters of local papers may be allowed to see the judgment ? 2. Whether to be referred to the Reporters or not ? 3. Whether the judgment should be reported in the Digest? Present : Mr. Navkiran Singh, Advocate, for the petitioner. Mr. Rupinder Khosla, Addl. A.G. Punjab, for the respondents. **** RANJAN GOGOI, C.J.(Oral) This Public Interest Litigation has been filed seeking directions from the Court to ensure that for the coming auction of liquor vends commencing from 01.04.2011 there should be no liquor vends within the walled city of Amritsar in accordance with the provisions of the Punjab Liquor Licenses Rules, 1956. Specifically it has been pointed out that wine shops bearing Nos. 5 and 6 situated outside the Sultanwind Gate and a wine shop situated at Sheran Wala Gate, are contravening the aforesaid provisions of the Rules. As the issue raised required determination of the basic facts, this Court, by order dated 24.01.2011, had directed the Deputy Commissioner, Amritsar, to cause a physical verification of the present location of the wine shops in question and submit a report to the Court. The Deputy Commissioner, Amritsar has so acted by CWP No. 2842 of 2010 [2] submitting a report dated 22.02.2011. A perusal of the said report would go to show that while the three wine shops in question open outside the walled city, a part of the premises of the shops is within the said walled city. Though the provisions of Clause 9 of Rule 37 of the Rules impose a prohibition on sale of liquor within the walled city and the report of the Deputy Commissioner would indicate that such sale would strictly be outside the walled city inasmuch as the shops open outside the walled city, yet, as the report of the Deputy Commissioner would indicate that a part of the premises is located within the walled city, we are of the view that for the coming auction year commencing from 01.04.2011, the Auctioning/Licensing Authority would seriously consider shifting of the location of the three shops to ensure that no part thereof is located within the walled city. Beyond the above we are of the view that no further direction will be called for. PIL shall stands disposed of in the above terms. (RANJAN GOGOI) CHIEF JUSTICE (JASWANT SINGH) JUDGE 25.02.2011 'ravinder'