IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Civil Writ Petition No. 19381 of 2010 Date of decision: 27.05.2011 Vijay Kumar ...Petitioner Versus State of Haryana and others ...Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RANJIT SINGH Present: Mr. Pawan Kumar, Senior Advocate with Mr. Anshuman Manohar, Advocate for the petitioner. Ms. Shurti Jain, AAG, Haryana for the State. RANJIT SINGH J. The petitioner has filed this writ petition praying for direction to quash orders dated 04.09.2009, 23.12.2009 and 24.10.2008 and a mandamus to the respondents to grant temporary licence to the petitioner for selling fire works. The reasons for which the licence has been denied to the petitioner is that he is having his shop in a populated area. The report/opinion was sought from all the concerned departments i.e. Fire Department, Superintendent of Police, Panchkula and Sub Divisional Officer (Civil), Panchkula. It is stated that during the year 2003, all the shops were located in Panchkula. Sites were got inspected and the shop of the petitioner being situated in thickly populated area it was suggested to the petitioner that he should shift his godown to some other proper place. I do not find any justification to interfere in the action taken by the respondents in this case, which is fair, just and Civil Writ Petition No. 19381 of 2010 -2- reasonable and taken in the interest of public at large. The similar issue has already been decided by this Court in CWP No. 10433 of 2009. At this stage, Mr. Kumar, learned senior counsel submits that the petitioner has already purchased land, which is not situated in a thickly populated area. Counsel submits that the petitioner would make an application for grant of licence. If the petitioner does so, his claim shall be considered in accordance with law. The writ petition, however, is dismissed. May 27, 2011 (RANJIT SINGH ) rts JUDGE